(ChurchLeaders) Karl Bastian, popular children’s pastor, president of Kidology.org, author and children’s ministry leadership expert, suffered a stroke on Wednesday, September 15. The stroke follows a heart attack that took place September 5th.
Bastian, who is known for his ebullience, humor, and dedication to children’s ministry and other ministry leaders, posted on his Facebook page on September 7, 2021, that he had suffered a heart attack. Bastian noted in the post that the episode was not his first heart-related incident, saying, “Living in the NOW has been my passion since my first heart episode, and I am being starkly reminded of it’s [sic] necessity again!”
On September 10, Bastian posted a photo celebrating that he had been released from the hospital and was home with family.