GATLINBURG - Leveled by the Nov. 28, 2016, wildfire that swept through its town and killed 14 people, Gatlinburg's Roaring Fork Baptist Church is rebuilt - bigger, better and blessed.
The Rev. Kim McCroskey sees the last 13 months of challenges and gifts as the Lord's plan. The devil tried to destroy his church but only burned its buildings. Great things, he believes, will happen when Roaring Fork comes home in early 2018.
"The Lord gave the devil permission to burn [the church] down. But the devil didn't know what was coming. If the devil had seen all this now - and he's not omnipotent like the Lord is - I believe he'd have left us alone," McCroskey said before Christmas.
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