In the News ... "Local Pastor Plans to Keep Church Safe"

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• Urges church members to stay watchful, but not to fear coming to church

Lauren Tropea, Reporter
KMID-TV

ODESSA, TEXAS - Local leaders reacting to the tragedy after nine are dead following a church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. Gene Collins, Pastor of Highland and Bunche Street Church of Christ says he was disheartened and shocked by the violence in Charleston last night.

"I was really hurt," he said. "It was painful to know that people attending a prayer meeting service lost their lives by a deranged gunman," Collins said ...

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