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    Pastor Steve Austin Dies

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    (RNS) — Steve Austin, a former pastor who wrote candidly about his struggles with mental health, has died.
    Police in Hoover, Alabama, confirmed that the body of Austin, whose full name was Glenn Stephen Austin, was found in that city on Monday (June 7). The death is being investigated as a suicide.
    Several friends and his publisher also confirmed Austin's death.
    Austin, 38, was a writer, podcaster and life coach from Alabaster, Alabama, known for his writing about faith and mental health. He'd recently announced plans to start a program called "Jesus Coaching" to help people "deconstruct your faith and uncover your true self in a safe, confidential, supportive environment."
    In blog posts and in his 2016 book, "From Pastor to a Psych Ward," Austin wrote about being found unconscious in a hotel room by emergency responders after taking an overdose of medication in a failed suicide attempt.
    "I had been unconscious nearly 12 hours," he wrote. "They thought I was dead."
    Surviving that experience gave him a second chance. Austin, who had been abused as a child, spent years trying to reduce the stigma of mental illness in churches.





    Friends mourn Steve Austin, former pastor and author who wrote about suicide and mental health

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    Sad. Don't believe I've ever heard of him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Sad. Don't believe I've ever heard of him.
    Not really the circles/camps I'd be hanging around, either.

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    He is called a pastor, but no idea what church.

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    He is called a pastor, but no idea what church.
    He had leanings toward Episcopalian but I don't think he was ordained there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    He had leanings toward Episcopalian but I don't think he was ordained there.
    Yep.

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    Sad for his wife and kids.

    I hope he called out to Jesus to have mercy in his final moments

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    Very possible. We do not know what happens In the waning moments of a person's life.

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    Sad for his wife and kids.

    I hope he called out to Jesus to have mercy in his final moments
    He was a parallel picture of the modern episcopal church.

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    Jesse Duplantis said he saw JFK in heaven when he was there. God is indeed merciful. Who knows that JFK repented in the hours before he was murdered. Apparently, God saw his repentance at some point before he died.
    I'm sure I will be surprised as to who I bump into when I get there, as other will also be saying to me, "What are you doing here."
    If you put God First, you have Him at Last.

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