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"The sheriff said had [the student] been able to pull this off, he would have killed probably 100 people. I believe in response to the prayers of God's people, God stopped that thing from taking place. I really do."
(Chesterfield, SC)—Baptist Press reports that a bomb plot at Chesterfield High School—planned by 18-year-old student Ryan Schallenberger—was thwarted several days after a prayerwalk by local Christians intent on seeing God move in their city was held there.
The prayerwalk was part of a revival initiative planned months beforehand by the Chesterfield Baptist Association in South Carolina. Robert Dickard, director of missions for the association, told Baptist Press that more prayer went into the revival preparations than anything he has been part of in many years, and though it was sponsored by a Southern Baptist association, he said Methodists, Presbyterians and people from other denominations also took part.
"The sheriff said had [the student] been able to pull this off, he would have killed probably 100 people," Dickard said. "I believe in response to the prayers of God's people, God stopped that thing from taking place. I really do."
The revival initiative is continuing in the South Carolina town. "It was a great thing, and I would encourage other associations or groups of churches to do this because it really turned into a move of God," Dickard said. "The spirit continues. I've had folks come to my office I've never met before—pastors and laypeople and deacons—just weeping because of an awesome sense of God. They were saying, 'In some way, let's continue this on.' So we're going to see how God's going to use this in the weeks and months to come."
Used by Permission of Breaking Christian News www.breakingchristiannews.com / Source: Erin Roach - Baptist Press
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