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Police in Wisconsin have confirmed that Mellissa Rupnow, whose daughter killed two people and then herself at a Christian school last December, has died by what “appears a suicide.”

In an episode of “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast" that is particularly relevant on Veterans Day, former Army chaplain Glen Bloomstrom shared insights from his extensive training in suicide prevention.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant Nov. 1 at the home of South Carolina Pastor John-Paul Miller, husband to the late Mica Miller. The FBI would not confirm if the search was related to the death of the pastor’s estranged wife.

A judge has dismissed the child sex abuse case against now-deceased Tennessee Pastor David Mark Baker Sr. following the pastor's death by suicide. 

One day after being charged with aggravated sexual battery, a longtime Tennessee pastor died by suicide in a hospital bathroom, authorities said. David Mark Baker, 57, was serving at Family Baptist Church in Columbia, had been a jail chaplain, and once ran for Maury County mayor.

Kay Warren and Glen Bloomstrom join “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to discuss the crucial part church leaders play in helping people battle suicide and how those in ministry can take action to be equipped for this fight.

The death of a Wycliffe Bible Translators missionary at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport has been ruled a suicide. Virginia Vinton, who was found dead in a baggage carousel chute on Aug. 8, was 57 years old. 

Boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. announced on Monday, June 24, that his son, DeAndre, had died by suicide. Jones expressed gratitude toward God for the final hours he had with his son and encouraged people that, despite how difficult life might be, nothing is worth ending it.