A Texas Chick-fil-A becomes a crime scene.
Parents are buying up demonic dolls
and more gateway church fallout
from the Robert Morris scandal.
I'm John Madorazo for CharismaNews.com
and this is your Midweek Rundown.
So one of our top stories right now is praying
for everybody that was involved with this.
There was two Chick-fil-A employees that were murdered
by an illegal immigrant in Texas.
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Irving, Texas
has temporarily closed its doors
after a Salvadorian man who entered the U.S. illegally,
reportedly shot and killed two employees
of the fast food location.
Officers with the Irving Police Department
said that in the aftermath of the attack
that they do not believe that the double homicide
was a random act of violence.
Rather, they said it was a targeted assault.
Mendoza Argueira was captured by police
in the early morning hours Thursday
and booked in the Irving City Jail.
He has been charged with capital murder.
Please keep the families of the victims in prayer.
So why are parents buying this demonic toy for their kids?
Why are parents purchasing a rather demonic looking toy
for their children?
Build-A-Bear Workshop has decided to go to the dark side
by selling a Mothman plush.
The dark stuffed animal with piercing red eyes and wings
looks far from what we would have expected parents
to be buying for their kids.
However, this item was listed as appears by popular demand
on the Build-A-Bear website.
The mysterious winged friend appears by popular demand,
or does he?
The Build-A-Bear site reads, now you
can take flight with your own Mothman plush.
Mothman comes from a folklore story of Mothman.
It is believed to be a strange human-like creature that
was discovered in the 1960s in West Virginia by gravediggers.
The creature was supposedly seen just a few days later
by two couples with red eyes and chased them.
The sightings of Mothman were reported
to have continued during the following year.
Now this paranormal activity is being promoted to children
by Build-A-Bear.
What is going on?
And our top story right now is more Gateway Church fallout
as elders take temporary leave of absence.
Elders from Gateway Church and Robert Morris's son,
James Morris, have taken temporary leaves of absences.
In a statement on Gateway's website,
the church noted that this decision came
from a recommendation by the law firm
that they are working with to investigate
the sexual abuse of Cindy Clemesher by Robert Morris, which
he has previously admitted to impart.
The statement partially reads, thank you
for your grace, prayers, and support
for all members of our Gateway Church family in recent days.
The Gateway Board of Elders is committed
to leading with integrity and humility
as we navigate this difficult season together.
As Haynes and Boone begins their work,
they have recommended that any Gateway Church elder
with potential conflict of interest
take a temporary leave of absence
from the Board of Elders.
This includes any elder with relational conflict
and those elders who were on the board from 2005 to 2007.
Haynes and Boone made this recommendation
consistent with best practices for inquiries of this nature.
A leave of absence in no way whatsoever
assumes or implies that any elder had
any knowledge of the true facts related to this situation.
As new information comes to light,
please keep Gateway Church in your prayers,
as well as Cindy Clemesher and even Robert Morris.
I'm John Maddarazzo for CharismaNews.com.