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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 Louisvilles 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, heres whats going to happen theyre going to get to know the people on the block.
Bevin, a socially conservative Republican, said its 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
(119,085 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.