'Possible' tornado hits Limestone County, heads toward Ardmore
BIRMINGHAM (TAB) — A "possible tornado" hit the Athens area in Limestone County today pulling down trees and powerlines, according to alabamawx.com. The Emergency Management Agency (EMA) reported a tornado "on the ground with debris" heading toward Ardmore, according to a disaster relief update email from Mel Johnson, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions disaster relief strategist. WAFF 48 is currently reporting structural damage near Ardmore and in... read more
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Pastor John was angry. He was hurt. “I felt like I had been sucker punched,” he said. But he had not always felt that way. In fact, Pastor John was initially excited when he was named pastor of the church. “It was going to be something different for me and, I thought, something that would probably match my personality well and my gifts and my calling,” he shared. But once settled into his new role, Pastor John had an uneasy feeling that he just wasn’t connecting with the church. “It was like they were keeping me at arms length,” he said. Further uneasiness crept in as he began to realize the problem was about more than just “making connections” — some in the church weren’t happy with...
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