Grace Thornton/The Alabama Baptist

Seven days a week, Terry Long’s morning starts with an 8 o’clock phone call to Fred Lunsford, a 98-year-old retired pastor in North Carolina.

AUTAGA COUNTY, Ala. (BP) – Josh Pendergrass was at home Jan. 12 watching storm coverage when he saw the meteorologist draw a circle around the exact place where his church sat.

SELMA, Ala. (BP) – Guy Anderson’s downtown home has a big front porch, and he’s stood on it many times in the more than 25 years since he and his wife, Debbie, bought the historic 1880s property.

Six people are dead after a storm system surprised Alabamians on Thursday (Jan. 12) with two dozen tornadoes that devastated homes, businesses and churches in different parts of the state.

TIBBIE, Ala. (BP) – Pastor Jamie Lay said he thought the weather had finally calmed down enough for him to go to bed in the early morning hours of Nov. 30.

RAINESVILLE, Ala. (BP) – Michelle Norwood says on a much smaller scale, she might know a little bit of what Noah felt like.

OPELIKA, Ala. (BP) – Pastor Jeff Meyers told his church Oct. 16 that their event that evening felt a little bit like the beginning of a joke – what happens when a Jewish basketball coach and a Baptist pastor walk into a room?

ARCADIA, Fla. (BP) – Cliff Knight said he knew God had arranged the visit before he even got to the house.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – I think it was at my very first meal after moving to England that a new friend taught me this about Queen Elizabeth — she owns all the swans.

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (BP) – After Vacation Bible School is over at Hillcrest Baptist Church Annette Whitton does a lot of follow-up. She doesn’t do it alone – she does it with the help of an army of volunteers.