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Title: Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus
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Published: Apr 15, 2020
Author: Lee Brown
Post Date: 2020-04-15 13:14:36 by Gatlin
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He practiced what he preached — then he died of coronavirus. An evangelical pastor died of COVID-19 just weeks after proudly showing off how packed his Virginia church was — and vowing to keep preaching “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” In his last known in-person service on March 22, Bishop Gerald O. Glenn got his congregation at Richmond’s New Deliverance Evangelistic Church to stand to prove how many were there despite warnings against gatherings of more than 10 people. “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus. You can quote me on that,” he said, repeating it a second time to claps, saying that “people are healed” in his church. Happily announcing he was being “controversial” by being “in violation” of safety protocols — with “way more than 10 people” at the church — he vowed to keep his church open “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” “I am essential,” he said of remaining open, adding, “I’m a preacher — I talk to God!” On Sunday, his church announced “with an exceedingly sorrowful and heavy heart” that the pastor had died a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. His wife, Marcietia Glenn, is also sick with the bug, with church members offering their prayers. Their daughter, Mar-Gerie Crawley, told WTVR that her father initially dismissed his symptoms because he has a condition that often leads to fevers and infections. She is now urging everyone to stay home. “It becomes very real to you,” she told WTVR after her parents’ diagnoses. “I just beg people to understand the severity and the seriousness of this, because people are saying it’s not just about us, it’s about everyone around us.”
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Dear Mobberly Family, It is with great sadness that we share that Pastor Glynn Stone died today in a one-vehicle automobile crash. We know ...
Link to: Death joke culture needs to stop. Looking at the projection chart in Post #2, we shall forever only wonder how many he passed it on to ... But then, why should anyone since you obviously don’t care and can make a calloused joke about it … Link to: We shouldn’t joke about death. I sincerely hope and trust these links will be of assistance to you …
From a High school newspaper. Jame Bowie HS, Austin TX. What next - posting links to Dr. Seuss stories? Stone - don't ban this clown Gatlin. He's an arrogant ass but he's hilarious - just a harmless old coot. We should overlook his crankiness, after all he's just some lonely old man who can't function in a normal society. He's probably a prick in real life too so cut the SOB some slack.
There you go again – I explained to you before about the difference in using “probably” as an adjective when you should be using “likely.”
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Dear Mobberly Family, It is with great sadness that we share that Pastor Glynn Stone died today in a one-vehicle automobile crash. We know ...
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Link to: We shouldn’t joke about death.
#27. To: Deckard (#20)
He's probably a prick in real life too so cut the SOB some slack.
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