Thomas McKenzie Anglican Car Accident - Is Thomas McKenzie Dead

Father, Thomas McKenzie, And Daughter From Nashville Killed In An Horrific Auto Accident – What Happened To Thomas McKenzie

With profound sadness, the death of Thomas McKenzie and his daughter has left Church Of The Redeemer (A Christ-centered, Gospel-proclaiming Anglican church in Nashville, Tennessee.) in great shock and devastation.

Rev. Thomas McKenzie, at the age of 50 with 22-year-old daughter Ella died in an accident on Interstate 40 west of Nashville, Thomas was the rector of a prominent Anglican congregation in Nashville.

“Thomas & Ella McKenzie: May they Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory

This morning (Monday, August 23rd) Thomas McKenzie, Rector of Church of the Redeemer, Nashville, and his 22-year-old daughter Ella died in an accident on Interstate 40 west of Nashville. They were driving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where Ella was to continue her studies at St. John’s College. Thomas was just beginning his well-deserved sabbatical. Thomas’ wife Laura and their daughter Sophie are now home in Nashville.

Please keep the McKenzie family and their church community in your prayers as they navigate through this agonizing time.

Most merciful God, whose wisdom is beyond our understanding: Deal graciously with those who mourn, especially Laura and Sophie. Surround them with your love, that they not be overwhelmed by their loss, but have confidence in your goodness, and strength to meet the days to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Bishop Martyn Minns”

How Did Thomas McKenzie And Daughter Died – Cause Of Crash

According to local reports who confirmed; said the accident happened at about 9:50 a.m. on Monday, August 23, at a freeway in Texas when the car they were driving in collided with a tractor-trailer

Tributes To Late Thomas McKenzie

In shock. Father @thomasmckenzie(my pastor) + his daughter just died in an auto accident. That man saved me from losing my faith in Jesus and my hope in the true family for kingdom singles. Please pray for all of us at@RedeemerNash, and especially his wife and surviving daughter.

In shock. Father @thomasmckenzie (my pastor) + his daughter just died in an auto accident. That man saved me from losing my faith in Jesus and my hope in true family for kingdom singles. Please pray for all of us at @RedeemerNash, and especially his wife and surviving daughter.

— Pieter Valk, LPC (@PieterLValk) August 23, 2021

Today is a particularly sad day. My friend@thomasmckenzie is gone. Life is fragile. Many of us will feel lost without his gentle yet courageous leadership. The faith I have has been fragile for years, but he was a source of much encouragement and life.

Today is a particularly sad day. My friend @thomasmckenzie is gone. Life is fragile. Many of us will feel lost without his gentle yet courageous leadership. The faith I have has been fragile for years, but he was a source of much encouragement and life. https://t.co/q8ZLgAwRYS

— Drew Holcomb (@drewholcomb) August 24, 2021

When my father died almost eight years ago, I distinctly remember sitting on a bathroom floor at my parents’ house checking in with my pastor, Thomas McKenzie. His counsel to me during that season of grief was simple but profoundly impactful. He told me to feel my feelings. At the time, I remember one of the things that I was feeling was surprise at how compassionate and tender Thomas was toward me during that season because, well, he wasn’t one of those warm and fuzzy pastors. But he was a true pastor to me in that very hard season.

Now in this moment, I don’t really know how I’m feeling. I’m a bit numb. And I’m really sad. I’m sad because we decided not to have our children baptized as infants, but I had always envisioned Thomas baptizing them. I’m sad because I’ll have to find a new go-to for movie advice. Because I may never have a pastor again who swears quite so proficiently. Because I already miss my friend. Because I’ll never hear him preach again. He was truly an extraordinary preacher. Because he won’t fist bump my children anymore during the recessional. Because he’s just gone.

I’m not as angry as I thought I would be.

I’m also grateful. Genuinely. I associate my welcome to Nashville with two people, and Thomas is one of them. After Rachel and I visited Redeemer for the first time, he called and invited us to lunch. He ordered tripe. He also welcomed us into the depth, beauty, and grace of the liturgy and the sacrament. This has been an unspeakable gift over the past 11 years. I’m grateful for his courageous stance and for his irenic posture toward those he opposed. I’m grateful that his preaching always, unwaveringly pointed to Christ and to grace. I have needed that. I’m grateful that he thought it important for the life of our church to have story nights and karaoke nights and bonfires. I’m also grateful that he thought it essential that Redeemer have a sister church from the beginning in Family Affair Ministries and preached that our church could do better in finding unity with our brothers and sisters of color. I’m grateful that he gave my daughter examples of women in positions of leadership in our church. I’m grateful even that he jinxed me out of a fantasy football title several years ago.

But I don’t know that I’ll ever know exactly how to feel about this one, and I sure wish that he was here to talk with me about it.

My heart is broken tonight, into a million, zillion pieces. My dear pastor, Father Thomas McKenzie, passed away today, along with his daughter, Ella, whom he was driving back to finish her senior year, at St, John’s College. I am praying for his dear wife Laura McKenzie, and their daughter Sofie. Father Thomas gave me hope, that godly men would rise up, and call corruption what it was, and point us all back to the salvation available through our magnificent, compassionate, gracious God. He called sin, sin, but caused me to wonder at the immeasurable grace of God that reaches out to us in our weakness, enveloping us in forgiveness and mercy. I pray I will never forget the lesson he taught last Sunday, on the humility that holds the person who aspires to be useful in the Kingdom together. May humility always characterize me, and compassion, and gratefulness for the grace, and mercy, and love of my blessed Redeemer, who paid the highest price to buy my soul back out of slavery to sin.

Thomas McKenzie Anglican Car Accident – Is Thomas McKenzie Dead

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Father, Thomas McKenzie, And Daughter From Nashville Killed In An Horrific Auto Accident – What Happened To Thomas McKenzie

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