Pastor in James River Church's "miracle toes" ceremony failed to resurrect dead child in California

The social media sensation of the past several days has been the claim that a Joplin woman's amputated toes grew back during a March 15 service at James River Church in Joplin.

The story has clawed its way into the traditional media today, landing on page one of the Springfield News-Leader, in the community where the original James River Church is located.

Church officials and the Joplin woman who allegedly experienced the miracle, Kristina Dines, (pictured) did not respond to the News-Leader's request for comments.

And as hard as it may be for us to believe, there are people who question the legitimacy of the miracle including the the website Show Me the Toes, which is asking that anyone who has evidence of the miracle (pictures, video, etc.) to send it to the site's e-mail address.

This is the story that has circulated heavily on social media:

Krissy Thompson was shot 3 times in 2015 by her husband and was in a coma for 2 months.

• Her injuries included the need to have 3 toes amputated.

(Note: Kristina Dines told the story of her shooting in a Facebook post, which was posted in the January 28, 2016 Turner Report)

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• When guest speaker Pastor Bill Johnson asked if anyone needed a creative miracle, Krissy responded that she had 3 toes amputated and Kelli, who serves on the prayer team, told her that the Lord wanted to grow her toes back tonight!

• Kelli began to command, in the name of Jesus, the toes to grow, bone to form and blood to flow – she also anointed every area where the toes had been amputated and could feel a pulse begin in those areas. The color began to change from gray to skin tone.

• All of the sudden Krissy said, “Are you kidding me!?” and they saw the toes begin to grow.

• Several other prayer team members joined in to pray with Kelli.

• Bone began to form where there was none before.

• As the ladies prayed for Krissy over the next 30 minutes, all 3 toes grew and were even longer than her original pinky toe she already had! Then a nail began to form on her toe and she got feeling back in all 3 toes!

• This morning all 3 toes are normal size.

• Kelli (the lady who prayed) is married to a medical doctor who today examined Krissy’s toes.

Pastor Bill Johnson was associated with yet another miracle in December 2019 at Bethel Church, his megachurch in Redding, California, although this one was not as successful as the digital dynamics at James River Church, as he failed to bring 2-year-old Olive Heiligenthal, who had died a few days earlier, back to life.

In this Facebook video, Johnson explains his belief that the girl could be resurrected.