Jim Pouillon was shot and killed at 7:30 am today, (9-11-2009), while ministering the truth to the children of Owosso High School in Michigan. A lone gunman shot Jim three times in the chest. He died at the scene. The gunman is in custody. The motive for the shooting has not yet been made public but we do know that the enemy, Satan, comes to kill steal and destroy. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10
Jim was a godly man, a beloved friend of Operation Save America and a dedicated pro-life sidewalk counselor. “Jim had stated in times past that if he had a choice in dying, it would be that he would go down standing for King Jesus and the unborn babies that he so loved.”
We may have lost a fellow soldier in the cultural war that we are fighting, but it is a historical fact that the persecution of the Church emboldens Christians to stand for Jesus, no matter what the cost.
“We knew Jim as ‘Jim for Michigan’. Jim would often call and say ‘Hello Flip, this is Jim from Michigan’ and go on to tell of his most recent exploits for Jesus at the school, the abortion mill, the Governor’s Mansion or anywhere that he could stand up and be a voice for the babies. ‘I’d say, God bless you brother and Jim always answered, He already has, I got to talk to you today, brother’.” Flip Benham, director of Operation Save America.

Rev. Cal Zastrow, of Michigan, and one of Operation Save America’s leaders said of Jim, "Jim was a very peaceful man, against any type of violence. I was with Jim in the past when his life was threatened and he would just praise God in the midst of it. He got his martyr's crown this morning!".
In the small town of Owosso Jim Pouillon was well known for His love of Christ and unborn children. Today the world lost a shining light for Jesus. He died as he lived, standing for Jesus. Jim is a testimony for all of us.
All of us with Operation Save American send our love, prayers and condolences to the Pouillon Family. Please pray for Jim’s son and daughter as well as his grand-daughter whom he had just dropped off at the school and had heard the gunshots.
We will all miss Jim, but we know that one day we will see him again, along with the babies that he so loved.
Rev Flip Benham