Pastor Shot in Cold Blood. Where's the Reporting?

Last Sunday morning, during the middle of the 8:30am service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois, an unknown assailant entered the church during the early service, walked down the aisle and began to fire his weapon at the pastor.

Rev. Fred Winters tried to shield himself from the bullets being sprayed at him with his bible, the only weapon he had. The pistol jammed on the man and parishioners subdued him. The gunman slashed two parishioners when they tried to subdue him.

The two parishioners were wounded as they tried to subdue the man. The suspect is currently in serious condition at St. Louis University hospital where he will undergo surgery for his wounds. Dr. Fred Winters was pronounced dead on arrival at Anderson hospital, after being shot three times.

A worship minister at the church, Mark Jones, says that they have no idea what the suspects motive was, nobody knew him. He simply walked into the church, exchanged a few words with the pastor and then shot him in the chest. Fred Winters was pastor of First Baptist Church for over 20 years, and is a former president of the Illinois Baptist Association.

Investigators have charged Terry J. Sedlacek, 27, with first-degree murder in the killing.
Sedlacek was further charged with two counts of aggravated battery related to the stabbing of parishioners Terry Bullard and Keith Melton. Their wounds were not life-threatening, said Illinois.

Now, here is what angers me. If this shooting was at a school or say it was a wife killed by her husband, the news would be NON-STOP, 24 HOUR coverage.

However, I believe that since this was an Evangelical Pastor who was the victim, that the media really DOES NOT CARE.

The mainstream media HATES EVANGELICALS. Make no mistake about this.

In fact, the media thinks Evangelicals are LESS THAN HUMAN. Therefore, they don't report more than they have to about this Pastor being shot and killed in cold blood.

Why? Because the media does not want the general public to feel sympathy for a "Right-wing Evangelical".

To the media, this Pastor being shot is no worse than a dog being shot and killed. In fact, the media would probably give more coverage to the dog being shot and killed.

This shooting does not fit their Liberal, ANTI-GOD agenda. So what do they do? They under report it.

This angers me. This burns me up. However, I know that there are spiritual forces of Satan that are hard at work to minimize the reporting of this shooting. Satan was at work in this killer and he is equally at work in the media's non-reporting or under reporting of this horrific killing.

Shame on the media.

So be vigilant, be on guard. Most especially at your place of worship. Watch for suspicious characters coming into your Church. I am an Usher at my Church, and from now on I will be watching everyone who comes in our Church. Especially watch for people that you do not know.

Maybe it is time for the Pastor to keep a Gun in his Pulpit for protection. I don't know. That is an individual thing.

But be watchful. Satanic forces are at work in this society.

Jimbo