The fire has since been determined to be caused by arson, as the house was being renovated to serve as the Peacemakers' headquarters.
"While this was an attack on the Peacemakers, their organization and their future, it was only an attack that lasted for one day, but I will tell you, we're not going away," said State Senator Tim Kennedy.
"I realize there's some people who thought that they could create havoc, they could cause problems, but some things they're not going to be able to stop - this is one of them," added Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes. "A collective community that looks out for themselves, they're not going to be able to stop that."
And the Peacemakers are far from deterred. In fact, they plan on rebuilding their headquarters on the exact same plot of land, and they'll have meetings to discuss the best ways to begin fundraising.
"For what we were doing, we knew it was going to take at least $140,000 - the rebuild will probably take a little more because we want to rebuild in brick," said Pastor James Giles to the background of a chorus of laughs.