SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The most recent sermon posted on YouTube by the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, shows him explaining why he had parked a motorcycle in front of his lectern. The white wood-frame church where a gunman opened fire Sunday was at the centre of life in Sutherland Springs, one of the hundreds of tiny towns that dot rural Texas. Local and federal law enforcement swarmed the community and blocked off access to the church hours after residents reported hearing gunfire. “The people of Sutherland Springs are as fine an example of Texans and Americans as you will find anywhere in the country,” Cuellar said. According to a 2015 listing in the national directory of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Sutherland Springs church was formed in 1926 and has nearly 270 members.

Source: National Post November 05, 2017 23:26 UTC