"None of us were born a pure and holy slate before the Lord, and none of us can ever create ourselves to that particular point in this life." That’s why Jesus had to die for our sins, and that’s why each and every one of us, eventually is going to die," he continued. does make us immune from the eternal consequences of our sins.
It doesn’t make us immune from the brokenness and the backwash of being caught in someone else’s sin, and it doesn’t make us immune from our own sin or our own brokenness," he said. “Being a Christian doesn’t make us immune from the brokenness of this world. To clarify these questions, Osborne told viewers that he believes with instances such as death by suicide that the scriptures point to the idea that “Christians live in a fallen world and fallen things happen to them.” "Tragically, Paige lost her battle with her mental health diagnoses taking her life while in a world-class mental health facility in Arizona," the GoFundMe page explains.Īfter a death by suicide, Pastor Osborne said in his sermon that Christians often find themselves asking questions, such as “How can this be?” “How can God allow that?” “How can a Christian leader go through this?” and “What did they do to bring it upon themselves?” According to the fundraiser, Hilken received a medical diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and other co-occurring mental health issues in April. She was the kind of person that would spend her time figuring out ways to inspire and motivate others, and was passionate about her love for God and her love for her family."Ī GoFundMe page has raised over $492,000 for the Hilken family in five days as of Friday afternoon. "She pushed herself in everything that she did and helped bring others up along the way. She was brilliant, driven, kind, generous and always rooting for others to succeed," CUI Athletic Director and head softball coach Crystal Rosenthal said in a statement. Paige Hilken was a member of the 2013 Eagles team that won the NAIA National Championship. Paige Hilken and her husband met while attending Concordia University Irvine, where she was a pitcher on the school's softball team, according to a memorial page created by CUI. But, I want to do the best I can on-screen to address these issues, talk to our heart I also want to address the tough questions that are always lingering when we find ourselves in a situation like this.” “We got stellar outstanding pastors that are part of your ministry and guiding your ministry, and we encourage you to turn to them with questions, with confusion, for prayer,” he said. Osborne encouraged congregants to reach out to the various pastors from the North Coast Church’s eight different locations if they need any support after Hilken's death. “She had just checked into one of the top places in the nation, one of the best clinics that deals with what she was going through," he added. Hilken had taken a break from serving in his roles as a teaching pastor and as a leader of “The Jordan” to help his wife work through “the sudden onslaught of mental and emotional pain that she was battling.” Paige Hilken had also recently admitted herself into a clinic. We were doing everything we can," he added.ĭuring the several months before Paige’s death, Osborne said that Rev. The whole sense of fear and compulsiveness had just kind of taken her over, and we were praying for her and we were counseling for her.
“It’s a broken world, but the beauty is that Paige is in the presence of the Lord right now," Osborne said, adding that she is "no longer tormented by the demons of those thoughts." However, the source said, “there are still many details that remain a mystery about Paige’s death.” Osborne revealed that Hilken had taken her life after suffering from mental health troubles.Ī staff member from the Vista-based North Coast Church, who preferred to remain anonymous, recently told The Christian Post that a letter was sent through email to all the church congregants to inform them about Hilken's death. Christopher Hilken is also the leader of the church’s young adult program called “The Jordan.” In a sermon message preached to the congregation this past Sunday, North Coast Church Pastor Larry Osborne told congregants about the death of 28-year-old Paige Hilken, the wife of one of North Coast's teaching pastors, Christopher Hilken. Nearly $500,000 has been raised after the wife of a California megachurch teaching pastor reportedly took her own life last weekend, leaving behind her husband and five kids under the age of 6. Paige (R) and Christopher Hilken (L) speak on relationships and parenting in a 2019 video for North Coast Church.
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