CORDELE, Ga. – Pastor Terry Ryan is crediting the Lord with putting out one fire and starting another at Penia Baptist Church in a sparsely populated community outside Cordele, a farming town that bills itself as the watermelon capital of the world. One fire was started by an unattended candle, the other, a revival fire, by a move of God that has doubled the size of the congregation and fueled a major increase in baptisms.

JONESBORO, Ga. – Debbie Verrelli is among an army of Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers who help survivors reclaim their lives and restore their homes after tornadoes touch down. It’s one of the ways the 33-year-old Jonesboro woman serves the Lord who delivered her from a life of drugs, witchcraft, and satanism.