Bethel Church Holds Funeral for Worship Leader's Daughter after Praying for Resurrection

Will Maule : Dec 30, 2019
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"...Olive, we miss you, love you so much and we'll see you soon. We know now more than ever that King Jesus is good and His every Word is worth believing and following at any cost. That's the song we'll sing until we're with you again and we finally sing it together. We cannot wait. It's a new day, and we're awake for it. This is a victory story." -Kalley Heiligenthal

[Faithwire.com] A funeral has been held for Olive Heiligenthal, the young daughter of Bethel Church worship leader, Kalley Heiligenthal. The influential California faith community has been thrust into the media spotlight over recent weeks after Kalley and Andrew Heiligenthal called on their community to pray for their daughter to be resurrected after she stopped breathing on December 16. (Screengrab image: via Instagram-Itsnataliagrace)

The charismatic church spent the best part of a week pleading for the 2-year-old to be raised from the dead, holding worship and prayer services in a bid to invoke the miraculous. Yesterday, however, the Bethel family was forced to face the excruciating reality of saying goodbye to the little one for good.

"Yesterday, our community buried little Olive Heiligenthal," worship leader Jenn Johnson posted to Instagram. "The past two weeks I've been at a loss for words. Four of the past five years, Brian and I have contented for life with someone on our team or family during the holidays. One lived, three died"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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