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'We Lost a Holy Hero, a Prophet': 6 Christian Pastors, Authors React to Eugene Peterson's Death

By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter

2. Brian Zahnd

Brian Zahnd, author, founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, in an October 23, 2017.
Brian Zahnd, author, founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, in an October 23, 2017. | (Screenshot: YouTube/The Meeting House)

Brian Zahnd, author, founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, wrote on Twitter that he has "many thoughts" about Peterson's passing.

"I knew him. He encouraged me in my writing. And he was my role model for doing the work of a pastor in the impossible modern American context," he noted.

"His legacy is incalculable."

Replying to a follow-up post describing the doorways that Peterson opened to the Christian tradition, Zahnd wrote: "Yes. For so many."

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