Not long after Pastor Robert Morris’ near-death experience, members of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, took part in a record-breaking blood donation drive that would save over 4,600 lives.
Since Morris’ return to the pulpit on June 2, almost two months after he nearly died due to internal bleeding, he has been encouraging his megachurch to donate blood to help others, stressing, “Someone giving blood is what saved my life.”
More than 1,500 people responded at Gateway Church’s six campuses since then, with Carter BloodCare revealing that enough blood was collected to save at least 4,600 lives.
“This consistency and over six weeks’ time is remarkable,” said Linda Goelzer, director of public relations at Carter BloodCare, according to Fox 4 News.
“We have been able to help some other community blood centers when we’re usually at the point of asking others.”
Goelzer told The Christian Post that of all church blood drives Carter BloodCare has been involved with, Gateway Church holds the record for the duration of the drive as well as the large response.
“Gateway held six weeks of blood drives — on Saturday and Sunday — at each of their six campus…
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