(CNN) His church was destroyed on Saturday, but Steve Blaylock is still hopeful.

A tornado demolished the First Pentecostal Church of Columbus in Mississippi, where Blaylock is the pastor. The roof was blown off and the church now has no walls, but the pews are still intact. Blaylock said no one was in the church when the storm hit.

First Pentecostal Church is a total loss after this tornado swept through Columbus. @wtva9news pic.twitter.com/EyUxaXEdEl — Kayla Thompson (@KThompsonTV) February 24, 2019

The National Weather Service said nine tornadoes were reported Saturday night in a system that also sent heavy rain and raging winds across Alabama, northwestern Georgia and Mississippi. One person died as a result of a tornado that touched down in Columbus, Mississippi. The tornado in Columbus and Burnsville also left eleven other people injured, damaged homes, uprooted trees and ripped the roof off a trailer and tin shed, according to CNN affiliate WTVA-TV

"I don't know what God's plan is, I always know it's gonna work together for our good," Blaylock said Sunday morning as his congregation met outside of the rubble for a baptism service that brought the 61-year-old pastor to tears.

A total of nine people were baptized Sunday morning during the outdoor service with folding chairs and a borrowed baptism tank. Blaylock guessed around 100 people showed up.

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