These are certainly perilous times when someone enters a church and guns down a pastor. In Maryville, Ill, that is exactly what happened to 45-year-old Pastor Fred Winters earlier this morning, while 150 congregants believed it was originally a skit. Two members of the church were wounded while they apprehended the gunman. Pastor Fred Winters was rushed to the hospital but died, he had served as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Maryville since 1987.

Pastor Fred Winters was married and had two children. My prayers go out to the family and church.
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