Texas church opens new sanctuary 18 months after mass shooting
A Texan church where 26 people were killed when a gunman opened fire 18 months ago has opened the doors of its new sanctuary. The First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs – where on 5th November, 2017, a gunman opened fire, killing 26 people including eight children and an unborn child – held the first service in […]
Six months after massacre, Sutherland Springs pastor says nation should put God first
RNS The pastor whose Sutherland Springs, Texas, church was the site of a November massacre prayed at the US Capitol for a country where God is honoured in statehouses and schools. “Forgive us for taking you out of our schools,” prayed Pastor Frank Pomeroy on Thursday before a kneeling crowd. He listed churches, capitols and various […]
US: TO KEEP CHURCHES SAFE, GOVERNMENT GETS INVOLVED
In the wake of November’s mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in the Texan community of Sutherland Springs, G JEFFREY MACDONALD reports from the US on how government agencies have been working with churches to improve security…
ESSAY: ALLOWING GUNS IN CHURCH FLIES IN THE FACE OF TRADITION AND SCRIPTURE
TOM VERDE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, puts forward the arguments against having guns in church in the wake of the recent shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas…
TEXAS MASSACRE: THE GLUE THAT KEPT SUTHERLAND SPRINGS TOGETHER BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOOTINGS
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports from Texas in the aftermath of last weekend’s mass shooting at the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church..
US Vice President Mike Pence tells grieving town “Faith is stronger than evil”
RNS US Vice President Mike Pence hugs Evelyn Holcombe at Floresville High School during a stop in Floresville, Texas. A man opened fire inside a church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday, killing and wounding many; Holcombe was in the church during the shooting but escaped. PICTURE: AP Photo/Eric Gay US Vice President Mike Pence traveled […]
ESSAY: GUN MASSACRES – WHY AREN’T MORE CHURCHES TELLING THE TRUTH?
JACOB LUPFER, a contributing editor of Religion News Service, asks why more churches aren’t “telling the truth about America’s unique scourge of gun violence?”…
Christian leaders respond with strong words to Texas shootings
Christians leaders have responded with strong words to Sunday’s shooting at the First Baptist Church in the Texas community of Sutherland Springs in which 26 people were killed and another 20 injured when a gunman opened fire during a worship service. Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines said “[w]e are praying for the families of […]
ESSAY: AFTER SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, PRAY…AND DO SOMETHING
US columnist RICHARD MOUW reflects on the response to Sunday’s shooting at a church in Texas in which 27 people, including the gunman, were killed…
Updated: 26 killed in shooting at Baptist church in Texas
A gunman in full combat gear killed 26 people and wounded another during a Sunday service at a small Baptist church in the southern US state of Texas, before he was shot and killed by police, witnesses and officials said. The shooting spree rocked the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small community of […]