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Remember the story from early June concerning the KY Pastor and church which was to host the “Open Carry Service”? (See, “Lock and Load” – another bizaare ‘creative’ evangelistic outreach)
Well it went off without a ‘bang, but subsequently their insurance company has decided to drop them.
From Ministry Today; The Gospel of Guns (and God)
After weeks of media hype and buildup, a Pentecostal pastor in Kentucky fulfilled his vision last Saturday by seeing his church full of people praising … and packing heat. Only for Ken Pagano, pastor of New Bethel Church in Louisville, Ky., this was less about praising God and more about celebrating a Second Amendment right to carry firearms.
Three weeks ago he preached a sermon called, “God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry,” and during Saturday’s 90-minute program he met applause after declaring, “But for a deep-seated belief in God and firearms, this country would not be here today.”
As expected, however, not everyone believes those two elements should be combined at church. Across town a coalition of peace and church groups held a separate yet simultaneous—and gun-free—event. Terry Taylor, one of the counter event’s organizers, says, “The idea of wearing guns to churches or any sacred space—I think many people find deeply troubling.”
Interestingly enough, Pagano’s insurance company thought the same thing, declining to cover the Open Carry Celebration and telling him his church policy wouldn’t be renewed. (full story at link)
Filed under: Strange Items, The Church | Tagged: Only in America, Weird and Bizarre
And next week churches can sell the glories of booze. How about a bring-a-belt-to-Sunday-school event?
In another time, it would have been REQUIRED for church goers to bring their guns to church, to fight off a possible Indian attack.
Seems to me, that in today’s world, it’s still necessary for at least some to bring their guns, to fend off possible criminal attacks.
Churches and schools are almost universally thought of as “gun free zones” in most states. FYI, you can substitute “gun free zone” with “Criminal empowerment zone” and it pretty much means the same thing.
Jesus did say if you don’t have a weapon to sell your clothes and buy one. Most Christians are phony and have never read the Bible so they would not know that Jesus instructed us to be armed to defend ourselves. Shame.
Jason the Fed
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer..Matthew 21:13
for one i have never carried a gun in church, however i do not see any harm in it. as big gay al said, a long time ago indians could attack so the people in church would be armed just in case, now today it seems as if the criminals are targeting schools and churches. cause they are gun free and they know that no one will be able to defend themselves, well if more people would be armed in church, and if schools would allow for teacher and faculty carry of guns i beleive that criminals would think twice before attacking a church or school. in states where concealed carry is allowed crime rates have dropped in muggings, assaults, and other crimes as well, cause the criminal is afraid that if they try something they might be on the receiving end. today we live in a tough world and its just going to get tougher, we have to be able to defend ourselves, cause it takes the police way to long to respond, when their 10 minutes away alot can happen in that ten minutes. its not the police fault they just can’t be everywhere at once, exspecialy in the rual areas.
William, i see the gun amendment failed today:
July 22, 2009
Gun amendment shot down in close vote
The gun amendment has gone down on a 58-39 vote in the Senate, the first real blow to the gun lobby in some time and a victory for Democrats who decided that federalizing conceal and carry laws was one step too far.
What’s remarkable about the vote is that it wasn’t Democrats who stopped it two votes short of passage — virtually every pro-gun Democrat voted for this proposal — but two Republicans, George Voinovich of Ohio and Dick Lugar of Indiana both voted no. If those two would have voted yes it would have hit the 60 required to pass.
more here; http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0709/Gun_amendment_shot_down_in_close_vote.html