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Monroe City church ready to rise from rubble of 2006 tornado

By RODNEY HART

Herald-Whig Staff Writer

MONROE CITY, Mo. -- Rev. Milton Baumgardner and First Baptist Church member Dale Askey remember looking at their wrecked roof and wall the morning after a tornado tore through town.

The roof had a huge hole, and one of the walls was already starting to crumble. Light seeped in through the openings as Monroe City began reacting to a devastating tornado on March 12, 2006.

"I thought it was almost surreal," Askey says. "But we never heard anybody sound defeated, that's what was heartening about the whole thing."

Three and half years later, First Baptist Church has rebuilt its sanctuary and looks forward to the mission and challenges ahead.

"The church is not a physical ...

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Updated: 11/6/2009 @ 10:50 PM


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