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woman united in marriage.
A council member took
exception and Cochran
was eventually fired. But
the former chief won a civil
rights lawsuit in December
when a federal judge ruled
that the city’s rules restrict
ing employees’ non-work
speech were too stringent.
Cochran told the church
on Sunday that he’s learned
that God prepares Chris
tians for the trials they will
face, and that there are
consequences for being a
follower of Jesus. On the
plus side, Cochran said that
God gives greater spiritual
blessings to those who suf
fer for their faith, blessings
that outweigh the losses.
Cochran said the impor
tant thing from trials such
as his is that God receives
glory when His people are
faithful.
Despite losing his job,
Cochran said he still
believes that public safety
is the highest priority of
government, and said be
ing a public safety worker
is a divine assignment of
great importance. Because
it’s so important, Cochran
said it’s also important that
From left, county
commission chair
man Greg Tapley,
New Providence
pastor Brian
Moore, former
Atlanta fire chief
Kelvin Cochran,
Forsyth fire chief
David Herndon,
Forsyth mayor
Eric Wilson and
Macon-Bibb fire
chief Marvin
Riggins at New
Providences cel
ebration of Public
Safety officials
on Sunday, which
included a free
meal for public
safety person
nel and their
families.
public safety workers enjoy
camaraderie and support
one another so that when
they have to respond to
those tough calls, they will
do excellent work out of
love.
Cochran said he recog
nized that when he was
with the fire department in
his native Shreveport, La.
They were always sharing
meals and spending time
together, said Cochran, and
those relationships helped
them serve their commu
nity well.
“There’s a correlation
between how we treat each
other in the fire station, and
how we treat the public,”
said Cochran.
That’s another rea
son, said Cochran, that
Christians make the best
firefighters, the best police
officers, the best EMTs and
the best dispatchers. He
said angels always sur
round public safety work
ers because they are doing
the Lord’s work.
After the service, the
church fed public safety
officials and their families
plates of BBQ, ribs and
sausage.
Fired fc
Former ATL chief
speaks in Smarr
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
Fired Atlanta fire chief
Kelvin Cochran told New
Providence Baptist Church
on Sunday that he has seen
God at work despite losing
his job for his faith.
Cochran shared how God
had helped him through
the ordeal during a Sunday
morning sermon as the
church honored police
officers, firefighters, EMTs
and all other public safety
workers.
Cochran recalled how a
homosexual Atlanta city
council member led the
move to fire him after dis
covering a book Cochran
had written in 2007, three
years before becoming
fire chief. Cochran joked
that he’s always careful to
tell people the title of his
book came from the Bible
before he tells them what it
is: “Who told you that you
were naked?”
“If I don’t note that the
title is from the Bible,” said
Cochran to laughter, “they
say no wonder he was
fired.”
The book was aimed at
helping men deal with
sexual issues and includes
the biblical teaching that
God intended for sex to
be between a man and
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