A California megachurch is attempting to bring a family’s 2-year-old girl back to life through prayer.
Andrew and Kalley Heiligenthal suddenly lost their toddler Olive Alayne early Saturday morning when she stopped breathing, the couple and their house of worship, Bethel Church, said.
The child was taken to Redding hospital, where she was declared dead, and then to the Shasta County Coroner’s Office. Her cause of death is unclear.
The couple on Saturday appealed to their friends, family and fellow congregants to “gather to pray for a miracle of resurrection (the basis for which is modeled by Jesus in the New Testament of the Bible),” the church said in a statement Wednesday.
“Bethel Church believes in the stories of healing and physical resurrection found in the Bible (Matthew 10:8), and that the miracles they portray are possible today,” the statement said.
The child’s mother, Kalley, a local singer and songwriter, also reached out for prayers to bring back her toddler in an Instagram post.
“We believe in a Jesus who died and conclusively defeated every grave, holding the keys to resurrection power. We need it for our little Olive Alayne, who stopped breathing yesterday and has been pronounced dead by doctors,” she wrote.