Private Jet a Dream to Fly and a Megachurch Pastor Dead
TEXAS, February 08, 2026 (ABF Newswire) A stray bullet didn't keep veteran pilot, Captain Rex Kramer, from declaring a megachurch pastor's Gulfstream 800 a dream to fly.
"This baby was built to zoom through the clouds and, by God, we'll fly her home shortly," he said.
The jet, an $80 million Gulfstream 800 with operating costs around $4 million per year, was parked on the tarmac as its owner, a megachurch pastor, pulled up with his entourage. When the preacher exited his limousine, a stray bullet exploded out the back of his head and set his soul free.
Randy Conway, one of the flight crew waiting at the top of the jet's stairway was nonplussed. "The Lord works in mysterious ways," shrugged Randy when asked about the incident.
The pastor and his crew were on their way to an annual Protestant convention in Las Vegas, "The Lord Provides the People, You Provide the Collection Plates", where congregation leaders of the prosperity bible share ideas on how to increase profits.
The police concluded their quick investigation and ruled it an accidental death by stray bullet. The parishioners celebrated the passing of the preacher with an impromptu prayer circle around the dead body on the tarmac before the coroner arrived to cart it off.