For some reason, I thought that 700 number was total attendees across all services on Sunday, rather than 700 members. Maybe I'm misremembering. It might not be too terribly far off the mark. (Before Mica's death.) Some of the cars would have families in them. If you use an average of 3 persons per car, over 2 services, allow for some walkers who live close. amoo
I'm getting cases mixed up, sorry. I thought she bought a revolver? Can someone help me out here, please and thank you.
She bought a Sig Sauer 9mm handgun.
If my 40 something neighbor is dressed up as Spider-Man in June, yes, I'd be recording, too...from a safe distance, of course!
Thank you!
A Sig Sauer is a very nice gun, and expensive. A semi automatic hand gun of that quality is more likely to misfire due to using cheap ammunition than being defective. IMO.
I agree that the comment about 700 attendees referred to both services combined, but I believe that was a misstatement. Given that pictures of and videos in the sanctuary appear to show somewhere around 8 seats per row, on either side of the aisle, and 10 -12 rows, that provides seating for maybe 150+ per service, There are supposedly overflow rooms on either side of the sanctuary that often filled up. If 25 people per side were there, that would add another 100 total over 2 services. Kids and babies would be in classrooms and nursery in other parts of the building. Assume maybe 30 kids and a half dozen babies per service, that adds another 70 over 2 services. Add in teachers, staff, and worship team, and you have probably another 20 or so. 300+100+70+20 comes to right around 500 for both services, in all buildings combined, and they would be packed. Don't get me wrong. That is a great number, but 700 is still an exaggeration. Even JP, in an article some 5 months ago, stated that there are about 700 MEMBERS. JMO
The gun case was found in the car. The gun itself was found in the water.
I have some trouble reconciling the need to pay $500 for a Sig that you only plan to use once. She could have unalived herself with a far cheaper gun, which makes me lean toward the idea that the gun was bought for protection, not suicide. On the other hand, if you plan to unalive yourself, why would you care how much your final purchase was. Maybe she bought that gun because she was familiar with it, as her dad said that she knew how to use firearms. So much doesn't make sense to me about this case, and that specific gun purchase is just one more thing. JMO
Interesting comment... in my own personal opinion I am going to lean towards that she wanted a reliable gun for protection or self-defense.
Nothing in this article surprises me. Two people have any appearance of power in this church. One person runs everything, and the other is his yes man, a man previously in JP's father's organization, latched onto his coattails, holding on tightly, hoping to head off any mess just enough to keep the money flowing in.Bernard and Susan Kenerson led a Sunday night service at Solid Rock after being ordained as ministers and elders in October. Bernard Kenerson knew Miller's marriage was falling apart and thought he might be called to step in while Miller took some time to repair his relationship. But they were both blind to the details.
Miller convinced church elders that Mica had been having a psychotic episode for months and that anything she said couldn't be trusted, Bernard Kenerson said. He would sometimes show elders 3-inch-thick notebook he claimed was documentation of Mica's mental health problems.
Bernard Kenerson received a call soon after Mica's death on April 27 asking him to prepare a sermon for the next day. Ten minutes later, he received a text saying J.P. planned to preach.
The following Wednesday, the elders met. A dozen of them. The message from Miller and Randall was that all this would blow over in a couple of weeks. Miller would step down temporarily.
At this meeting, like others, the elders had no real power. Decisions flowed from Miller and Randall, Kenerson said. The elders didn't even see church financial statements. One left the church because of the secrecy around money, he said.
J.P. went around the room and asked the elders how they and their families were processing the situation, Kenerson said. One elder said what others were thinking: He didn't care if the police came in and hauled J.P. off in handcuffs, because he attends church to serve the Lord, not the pastor.
"The main focus of the meeting was to protect J.P. and protect the church," Kenerson said. "It was damage control." More+...
The double life of pastor J.P. Miller: How Mica Miller's death exposed the sins of her husband
Myrtle Beach SC Solid Rock at Market Common pastor John-Paul Miller had abuse, harassment accusations before Mica Miller died in North Carolina state park.www.postandcourier.com
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From that link:Bernard and Susan Kenerson led a Sunday night service at Solid Rock after being ordained as ministers and elders in October. Bernard Kenerson knew Miller's marriage was falling apart and thought he might be called to step in while Miller took some time to repair his relationship. But they were both blind to the details.
Miller convinced church elders that Mica had been having a psychotic episode for months and that anything she said couldn't be trusted, Bernard Kenerson said. He would sometimes show elders 3-inch-thick notebook he claimed was documentation of Mica's mental health problems.
Bernard Kenerson received a call soon after Mica's death on April 27 asking him to prepare a sermon for the next day. Ten minutes later, he received a text saying J.P. planned to preach.
The following Wednesday, the elders met. A dozen of them. The message from Miller and Randall was that all this would blow over in a couple of weeks. Miller would step down temporarily.
At this meeting, like others, the elders had no real power. Decisions flowed from Miller and Randall, Kenerson said. The elders didn't even see church financial statements. One left the church because of the secrecy around money, he said.
J.P. went around the room and asked the elders how they and their families were processing the situation, Kenerson said. One elder said what others were thinking: He didn't care if the police came in and hauled J.P. off in handcuffs, because he attends church to serve the Lord, not the pastor.
"The main focus of the meeting was to protect J.P. and protect the church," Kenerson said. "It was damage control." More+...
The double life of pastor J.P. Miller: How Mica Miller's death exposed the sins of her husband
Myrtle Beach SC Solid Rock at Market Common pastor John-Paul Miller had abuse, harassment accusations before Mica Miller died in North Carolina state park.
Me too. I've shot Sig 9 mm a few years back and a new one was something like $750. IIRC like many newer semi automatic pistols you can chamber a round and then it's ready to fire until you shoot all the bullets in the magazine. The safety is built into the gun. The safety is not manual like with the old guns I grew up with . You have to hold the gun correctly for it to fire. Some have a little lever on the trigger and some have an additional lever in the grip and if it isn't depressed at the same time with the trigger it won't fire.
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Not everyone going around in a costume is a good and stable person. John Wayne Gacy often performed in public as a clown. JMO
