{"id":1215060,"date":"2023-04-02T16:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T21:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1215060"},"modified":"2023-04-03T20:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T01:15:29","slug":"rose-heights-church-pastor-doug-anderson-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1215060","title":{"rendered":"Former Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1215061\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/04\/Doug-Anderson-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>TYLER &#8211;\u00c2\u00a0 Former Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson passed away on Saturday afternoon, according to a post from the church. Anderson had recently retired from the church in January of 2023. Anderson spent 37 years of his life preaching and leading at Rose Heights Church. Congressman Nathaniel Moran honored Anderson at his retirement ceremony in January. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In recognition of their persevering efforts to follow the teachings and admonitions of Jesus Christ, I present to you this flag and certificate. Congratulations Doug and Gina,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Moran said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here is Pastor Allen Townsend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s full statement from Rose Heights Church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Facebook: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of our beloved Pastor, leader, and friend. Pastor Doug peacefully completed his race this afternoon, surrounded by his loving family. We ask that you join us in praying for Gina, Reece, Rina, Michael, and the Anderson family. We also ask that you grant them privacy as they process this great loss. Thank you for your ongoing prayers, support, and generosity toward the Anderson family. Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211;<cite>Pastor Allen Townsend<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8211;\u00c2\u00a0 Former Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson passed away on Saturday afternoon, according to a post from the church. Anderson had recently retired from the church in January of 2023. Anderson spent 37 years of his life preaching and leading at Rose Heights Church. Congressman Nathaniel Moran honored Anderson at his retirement ceremony &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1215060\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Former Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson dies<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1215064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/04\/Doug-Anderson-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson dies","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1215060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 04:48:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/04\/Doug-Anderson-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Rose Heights Church pastor Doug Anderson dies","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1215060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215079,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1215060\/revisions\/1215079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1215064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1215060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1215060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1215060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}