Ready, aim, preach!
Pastor Phillip Guin of the Rocky Mount United Methodist Church in Jemison, Alabama has opened a gun range to
bring in more parishioners:
“This is an opportunity for us to reach out in the name of Jesus Christ in a setting that is completely unique. Even odd by some people’s standards. But who’s to say that church can’t happen right here,” Guin said, pointing at the red clay dirt of the range.
Pastor Guin says he was trying to figure out what to do with the
space behind the church:
"We had quite a number of church members, some elderly ladies, for example, and some not so elderly women that had purchased guns, but didn't know how to use them," Guin said.
Initially, the range was just used to teach about gun safety, but turning the act of shooting into a ministry seemed a natural evolution to Guin.
Guin says they've had calls from perspective new members, but thus far only current church members have joined the gun ministry.
See an interview with Pastor Guin here: