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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, July 16, 2026

Pastor Jerry Gumm of Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. | Screenshot/Lex18

A year after his wife and daughter were fatally shot inside his church and he survived being shot multiple times, Jerry Gumm, the 82-year-old pastor of Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, remains adamant that the tragedy will not stop him from praising the Lord.

"I would not let that monster change my life [or] what I do. Now, he has ch