seen a decline, leaving some congregations in a financial crunch and facing foreclosure. stephanie elam brings us more. >> reporter: this baptist church knows a thing or to about going through the storm. >> how many expected something great to happen today? >> reporter: a freak tornado devastated the atlanta church in 2008. >> when the storm came, it toppled that steeple over. >> reporter: after moving around for 18 months, the church opened as the higher ground empowerment center. >> it was just horrible. >> i knew once we got back in the san chur wary, people would come. >> reporter: but the church did lose members. burdened with more debt, it faced another upheaval. bobble foreclosure. have you heard of a church heading into foreclosure before? >> no. this year has been very shocking to me. i believe that the banks are in business to make money, and