Baptist Press: Pastor Jim Liberacki at Eastside Baptist Church in Milton, Fla., has so far refused help to remove the church's soggy interior carpets and furnishings, and instead asked his church members to take care of their homes and families.
Down the road at First Baptist Church in Bagdad, Fla., Sandra Yager, the wife of bi-vocational pastor David Yager, told the Florida Baptist Witness the church has joined together with the First Assembly of God Church next door to distribute commodities supplied by FEMA.
The church's steeple was blown off during Ivan and is still on the lawn outside the sanctuary doors; hundreds of roof tiles are scattered around the church yard. Still, Yager said the church would prefer to reach out to the community rather than spend time on the few things that eventually will be repaired.
