A tornado demolished the First Pentecostal Church of Columbus in Mississippi, where Blaylock is the pastor. The roof was blown off and the church now has no walls, but the pews are still intact. Blaylock said no one was in the church when the storm hit.
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The National Weather Service said nine tornadoes were reported Saturday night in a system that also sent heavy rain and raging winds across Alabama, northwestern Georgia and Mississippi. One person died as a result of a tornado that touched down in Columbus, Mississippi. The tornado in Columbus and Burnsville also left eleven other people injured, damaged homes, uprooted trees and ripped the roof off a trailer and tin shed, according to CNN affiliate WTVA-TV.
Source: A tornado destroyed a Mississippi church. A baptism still took place there the next day
