{"id":19398,"date":"2013-11-14T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=19398"},"modified":"2013-11-14T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T13:35:44","slug":"pastor-commit-suicide-after-telling-congregation-that-god-was-not-hearing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/pastor-commit-suicide-after-telling-congregation-that-god-was-not-hearing-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Commit Suicide After Telling Congregation That God Was Not Hearing Him."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">Rev. Teddy Parker, a Macon, Georgia pastor killed himself a few days after telling his congregation at his church that God was not hearing him and no longer felt a connection to God.<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">&#8220;I try to pray but I don\u2019t feel like God is hearing me,\u201d Parker said to his congregation \u201cI try to serve but I don\u2019t feel like God is using me. And there are times in your life when God purposely withdraws from you, he doesn\u2019t withdraw for the sake of leaving you but he withdraws so you can grow and mature.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"display: inline; color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\"><\/p>\n<p>Rev. Parker, a father of two, shot himself in the head with his own gun following Sunday service at Bible Mount Zion Baptist Church while his family and congregation were still at his church waiting for him for the next service..<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When he didn\u2019t show up they went looking for him,\u201d a church member, Russell Rowland, told the Post. \u201cI\u2019m very surprised because he didn\u2019t preach that. He preached totally against it. It\u2019s something that the congregation don\u2019t really understand.\u201d.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. 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