Tragedy has struck Bible
Mount Zion Baptist
Church in Georgia where
the senior pastor, Rev
Teddy Parker, a man who
preaches against suicide,
took his own life in his
room while his wife and
other members of the
church were waiting for
him at the church
auditorium.
Before he killed himself,
his members say Pastor
Parker had complained
about his disconnection
with God in an unusual
way that was troubling
him...
" I try to pray but I
don’t feel like God is
hearing me,” Pastor
Parker had told his
congregation. “I try
to serve but I don’t
feel like God is using
me. And there are
times in your life
when God purposely
withdraws from you,
he doesn’t withdraw
for the sake of
leaving you but he
withdraws so you
can grow and
mature.”
According to investigation,
Pastor Parker went into
his room at the end of
First Service on Sunday
where he is said to have
shot himself in the head
with his own gun,
unknown to his family
and others in church.
After they waited for long,
some senior members of
the church went to look
for him but met his
lifeless body.
“I’m very surprised
because he didn’t preach
that. He preached totally
against it. It’s something
that the congregation
don’t really understand,” a
church member, Russell
Rowland, told the Post.
What could have pushed
a pastor to take his own
life? This world is really a
mystery!
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