Slain pastor laid to rest

ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- Mourners filled First Baptist Church in
Arlington, Texas, March 9 to celebrate the life of a young mission
pastor cut short by murder, while more than 500 others watched live on
the Internet.

Clint Dobson, 28, was laid to rest six days after his suffocation death
during a robbery at NorthPointe Baptist Church, a satellite of First
Baptist Church and part of the congregation's expansive mission outreach
to the poor.

Dennis Wiles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington, reminded
worshippers the funeral service fell on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of
Lent celebrated for centuries by Christians worldwide to turn from
worldly concerns to focus on 40 days leading up to remembrance of
Christ's death on the cross.