Video: Remembering Derek Loux

Video and photos from the memorial service for Christian singing star and international adoption advocate Derek Loux are now available online. Loux died at 37 on a Nebraska highway, the day before Christmas Eve, while heading home to his wife and ten children in Kansas City from a ministry conference in Colorado.


There was little, if any, coverage of Loux's memorial earlier this month. Now, video and photo links can be found at the International House of Prayer site... photographer Shelley Paulson's site... and the Loux Family blog.


Derek Loux's work and projects will continue in his memory. We expect his biography will be written.

Derek Loux memorial will be on DVD

The memorial service for Christian singing star and international adoption advocate Derek Loux will be available as a DVD. Loux's death after a highway accident the day before Christmas Eve resounded around the world, and his funeral at the International House of Prayer in Kansas Memorial was webcast live on the IHOP site on January 2nd.

At least it was supposed to be.

We couldn't find the feed, and apparently many others who wanted to be a part of the goodbye to the minister, husband and father of ten (eight adopted) were also unable to view it There has been no information, photos or video readily available in the days since.

Now, Loux's family acknowledges the problems, and demand, in a post on their website:

"Hope is more than just a word, it’s a state of being.
It’s a firm belief that even if you don’t know how,
even if you don’t know when, God will come through
and better days are up ahead.
Life sends rain… Hope dances in the puddles
until the sun comes out again….. Holley Gerth

"(Hebrews 11:1) Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.

"Thank you to all our friends and family in the U.S., Poland, South Korea, Ukraine, Russia, Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, England, Scotland, Spain, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and others from around the world who have expressed your love to our family through your most needed prayers, encouraging email/blog messages and through your gifts. We are humbled and blessed by your love!

"For those of you who had a hard time watching Derek’s Memorial Service online, it will be available soon on DVD. We will keep you posted, both on this blog and at our josiahfund.org website, when it is ready and available. You will also be able to download and print Derek’s Memorial Service brochure.

"God bless you and keep you close to His heart!

"In Jesus’ love, "Renee’, Telma, Teyolla, Keyolla, Leeann, Sophia, Michaela, Sana, Sasha, Ethan and Silas"

Derek Loux's memorial is online today

The memorial service for Christian singer and adoption advocate Derek Loux takes place today in Kansas City, Missouri and can be viewed online from 2 to 4:30 pm Central Standard Time.

Derek Loux died the day before Christmas Eve after an SUV accident in Nebraska while on his way home from a ministry conference in Colorado, where he'd been getting lessons on human trafficking and rescuing children from the sex trade. He was 37 and the father to ten children, eight of them adopted.

The funeral will take place at the International House of Prayer-Kansas City Forerunner School of Ministry Building at 12444 Grandview Road. Viewing of the body will be 10 am to noon, and the service from 2 to 4:30 pm.

The service can be seen live at
www.ihop.org.

Derek's brother and sister-in-law, John & Tracie Loux, are also misionaries at IHOP. They've posted this press release on their blogsite:

On Wednesday morning December 23, 2009, 37 year old Derek R. Loux, a husband, father, brother and son, went home to be with the Lord after a fatal car accident in Nebraska. Derek, a faithful servant of the Lord, was husband to Renee Loux for 17 years and father to 10 children, Telma (19, has severe scoliosis), Teyolla and Keyolla (18 year old twins), Leeann (15), Sophia (12), Michaela (9), Sana (8), Sasha (7), Ethan (6) and Silas (3). Eight of their children are adopted – six of their girls are from the Marshall Islands and 3 special needs boys, two with down syndrome and one with spina bifida are from Ukraine.

Derek was part of the senior leadership team of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City and served in many areas on the Missions Base including helping pioneer the Forerunner Music Academy. Derek was also a worship leader and a frequent conference speaker. As a professional musician, singer, and songwriter, Derek recorded several CDs including Paper Religion and Fragrant Burning. Before joining IHOP-KC, he served as the director of IHOP-Indianapolis for four years. Derek’s life passion was adopting and restoring orphans; he pioneered the vision of the Orphan Justice Center (OJC) —a haven of restoration for rescued orphans.

A memorial service for Derek will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at the IHOP-KC Forerunner School of Ministry Building – 12444 Grandview Road, Grandview, Missouri. Service times are as follows: Viewing – 10 am to Noon, Memorial Service 2 pm to 4:30 pm. (if you are out of town, you can view the memorial service online at www.ihop.org at 2pm central)

Late in the evening on December 22nd, Derek Loux and Jonathan Oliver began their trip back to Kansas City from Colorado after attending a training seminar on how to help children out of the sex slave industry. As Jonathan and Derek were passing through Nebraska in a snowstorm they hit a patch of black ice causing their vehicle to spin out of control, flipping several times. Jonathan and a witness of the accident immediately performed CPR on Derek while waiting for the ambulance. After receiving CPR at the scene Derek finally had a pulse but as they were transporting him to a larger hospital his heart rate dropped and he passed away.

Derek and Renee’s firstborn son, Josiah, also a special needs child, passed away when he was 2½ yrs old. Josiah’s life and death opened up a whole new world to Derek and Renee’ and their love for children with special needs. Their dream and desire is to buy over 44 acres on Blue Ridge Rd to build a “house of mercy” for 30 children and staff and a therapy center for the current and future special needs children. Renee and her children plan to fulfill Derek and Renee’s dream to make sure that all their efforts to help children will continue on even in his death. For more detailed information about the Josiah project and how you can partner with them go to www.josiahfund.org.

If you would like to assist the family at this tragic time you can do so by forwarding your tax deductible financial gift to:

Checks made payable to: “SCCF”
In check memo line write: “IHOP Benevolence Fund”
Mail checks to: IHOP-KC, 3535 E. Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO 64137
Checks can also be brought to the IHOP-KC Business Office. 3535 E Red Bridge Rd. KCMO
For credit card donations, call: 816-763-00200 x2250

Tracie writes: "I still don’t have words to even express the magnitude of the loss our family has suffered. There is still that wishing and hoping that it was all just a dream."

New year brings new details about the death of adoption hero Derek Loux

The website for the famly of Derek Loux has offered new information on the accident that led to the death of the Christian singer and adoption advocate on the day before Christmas Eve:

"Late in the evening on December 22, after attending a training seminar on how to save children out of the sex slave industry, Derek and his friend Jonathan (Oliver), began their return drive home from Colorado. They hit a patch of black ice as they drove through a Nebraska snowstorm (on Interstate 80 outside Cozad), causing their vehicle to spin out of control and flip several times.

"Derek was not driving the car and was sleeping in an almost completely reclined position. Derek was wearing his seatbelt, but when the car flipped, Derek was literally sucked out of his lap belt. Because he was reclined, his shoulder harness was not tight enough to hold him.

"Jonathan and a witness of the accident immediately performed CPR on Derek while waiting for the ambulance. Derek was given several different drugs to revive him and after an hour, he regained a pulse. The doctors told the Loux family that Derek had been without a pulse for over an hour and that while being transported to a larger trauma care hospital, his heart rate began to drop and he passed away."

Derek Loux was a missionary minister for the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri and incredibly influential in getting people to adopt special-needs children and hard-to-place orphans. He was 37 years old, married seventeen years to renee, and the father of ten childrebn-- eight of them adopted, several with special needs. His passing has been a blow to adoption advocates across the world.

His memorial can be seen live today
from 2-4:30 pm CST at
www.ihop.org

Derek Loux's memorial to highlight all the children adopted because of his influence

The many children adopted because of the work and influence of Derek Loux will be central to the memorial service for the Christian singing star, adoption advocate and father of ten who was killed in a highway accident the day before Christmas Eve.

As Christian adoption groups around the country reel from his loss and prepare for the farewell, a post on the The Zoe Foundation ("promoting adoption as a positive alternative to abortion") website says that at the Loux family's wishes, the foundation is helping produce a large "display of children who were adopted as a result of Derek’s influence over the past few years. The display will be used in the memorial service as well as placed in the Children’s Home that Renee (Derek's widow) plans on building in days to come."


The memorial service will take place at the International House of Prayer-Kansas City Forerunner School of Ministry Building at 12444 Grandview Road in Kansas City, Missouri.

Viewing of the body will be 10 am to noon, with the service from 2 to 4:30 pm.

The service can be seen live on www.ihop.org.

Those who want to donate to Loux's family can send checks to: IHOP-KC, 3535 E. Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO 64137. Checks can also be brought to the IHOP-KC Business Office. Checks should be made out to "SCCFF," with "IHOP Benevolence Fund" in memo line. For credit card donations, call: 816-763-00200 x2250. Donations are tax deductible.

Webcast funeral for Derek Loux

The memorial service for Derek Loux, the Christian singing star, adoption advocate and married father of ten children, will take place on January 2nd can be seen online.

Loux died of injuries suffered in a highway wreck the day before Christmas Eve, while returning home to Kansas City from a ministry conference in Colorado. He was 37. According to the death notice that appears in today's Kansas City Star, the memorial service will take place at the International House of Prayer-Kansas City Forerunner School of Ministry Building at 12444 Grandview Road.

Viewing of the body will be 10 am to noon, and the service from 2 to 4:30 pm. The service can be seen live on www.ihop.org.

KANSAS CITY STAR
DEATH NOTICE
Dec. 27, 2009
DEREK R. LOUX
On Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 37-year-old Derek R. Loux, husband, father, brother and son, went home to be with the Lord after a fatal car accident in Nebraska. Derek is survived by his wife Renee of 17 years and their 10 children, Telma (19), Teyolla and Keyolla (18-year-old twins), Leeann (15), Sophia (12), Michaela (9), Sana (8), Sasha (7), Ethan (6) and Silas (3). Eight of their children are adopted: six of their girls are from the Marshall Islands, their three boys, all with special needs, are from the Ukraine. He was preceded in death by a son, Josiah (www.josiahfund.org). Derek was part of the senior leadership team of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City, a worship leader, conference speaker, professional musician singer and songwriter who recorded several CDs. Derek's life passion was adopting and restoring orphans; he pioneered the vision of the Orphan Justice Center (OJC), a haven for rescued orphans. The memorial service will be held Saturday, January 2, 2010, at the IHOP-KC Forerunner School of Ministry Building - 12444 Grandview Road, Kansas City, Mo. Service times are as follows: Viewing - 10 a.m. to noon, memorial service 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Service can be seen live on www.ihop.org. (Arr. Newcomer's Longview Funeral Home, 12700 S. Raytown Road in Kansas City, Mo., 816-761-6272.)