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Related: About this forumBevin calls for prayer groups to combat violence
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin called on the “power of prayer” to help combat Louisville’s rising murder rate as he urged people to form prayer groups to walk high-crime neighborhoods.
His plan, outlined at a community meeting, was met with a mix of support and derision. Bevin urged volunteers to form teams of 3-10 people that pick the same block to walk at the same time of day, at least two or three times a week. He urged participants to make a yearlong commitment.
“Go around the block, pause on each corner, pray for the people there, move to the next corner,” Bevin said later in describing his plan to reporters at a city park. “And over the course of the year, here’s what’s going to happen — they’re going to get to know the people on the block.”
Bevin, a socially conservative Republican, said it’s a chance for “people of faith to put their faith to work.” He hopes residents from the neighborhoods walk with people living elsewhere.
Read more: http://www.state-journal.com/2017/06/01/bevin-calls-for-prayer-groups-to-combat-violence/

TlalocW
(15,632 posts)When the first volunteer gets hurt, mugged, or killed doing this.
TlalocW
TexasTowelie
(119,913 posts)"they weren't right with the Lord" will be Bevin's response.
BTW, if a woman gets raped then Bevin will say she was asking for it by being in the wrong neighborhood and for what she was wearing.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)This guy needs a psych evaluation..seriously.!
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Explain how "power of prayer" is going to help with violence when it is more responsible for violence than anything else in this worlds history. Hint: Think of the Crusades and go from there, both further back in time and forward in time.