Here is a recent shooting that occurred due to a rivalry in the church. the shooter was a long time member and FEMALE.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/15764852/detail.html?dl=mainclick

Authorities Say Jealousy Motive For Church Shooting

Police Announce Arrest In Connection With Volunteer's January Killing

A Kintnersville woman has been charged in connection with a
fatal church shooting that took place two months ago in Bucks County. Authorities charged Mary Jane Fonder with first-degree murder, saying she killed
Rhonda Smith, 42. Smith was found Jan. 23 inside Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church, located on Route 212 in Springfield Township. Fonder is being held without bail.

Sources said investigators also plan to revisit her father's disappearance case from 15 years ago. According
to sources, Fonder was questioned and cleared after her father, Edward
F. Fonder III, mysteriously disappeared in 1993.

On Tuesday, officers at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in
Perkasie announced the arrest that cracked the 2-month-old church
shooting case.

Police concluded that Smith was shot inside the church office, where she volunteered as a secretary.

Fonder
is accused of bringing a gun to the church where Smith was working Jan.
23 and shooting her twice in the head, police said. Fonder belonged to the church, sang in the choir with Smith and attended functions with her, as well, police said.Last
Saturday, a gun was found at Lake Nockamixon with an ammunition box.
Police said the weapon was registered to Fonder. She had allegedly told
police she got rid of the gun in the '90s. Wheylan Sylsberry and his 8-year-old were out fishing when they discovered the gun on the shore. “Actually, my son found it,” Sylsberry said. “It looked suspicious — it didn't look right sitting there. “Police said the gun is the exact gun that killed Smith.

According
to police, Fonder had strong feelings for the church's pastor and was
jealous of Smith's attention from him. Fonder also spoke to Smith
before the shooting and had just found out that she was receiving
financial support from the church. She was also jealous of Smith's relationship with others at the church, including choir friends, police said. Church members said they could not believe Fonder was capable of the shooting.

“We all liked her,” said Paul Rose of the Church Council. “From what we all know, she was a wonderful person.”Fonder
was arraigned Tuesday night in Jamison.

A defense attorney argued that
she has never been arrested or charged with a crime before and is not a
flight risk, having owned her property for 21 years. But prosecutors
said they consider Fonder a danger to the community and successfully
argued to have her held without bail. Her next court appearance was set for April 11.

This is true. many times we fail to realize the relationship that can develop in the mind of a member of the church. In this case the woman apparently developed a romantic attraction to the Pastor and decided to kill her rival.

A similar situation also happened in Wisconsin when a member of the church who was in the service started to shoot members. He had stormed out of a previous service as he was outraged about something the Pastor has said.

A church shooter, as we have seen from recent events, is not always an unknown nut case coming to the church to do violence. We must always be on our guard.