Church perseveres after tornado blows its building apart

COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi church is persevering, and even held a baptism service outdoors in a portable pool, after a tornado blew apart its building.
First Pentecostal Church in Columbus, Mississippi, was in the path of a tornado on Saturday that blew down one wall and tore the roof to shreds.
On Sunday, the congregation picked up whatever furnishings they could salvage and then held a prayer service outdoors. Several people were baptized.
The Rev. Steve Blaylock, who has pasto