“Actually, I’ve been praying about it,” the 70-year-old said about taking the gun training class at the Yakima church. “For protection.” She was among more than a dozen women enrolled in the five-hour class in how to properly handle and shoot a gun. As incongruous as it may seem to hold firearms training in a church, it’s not unheard of. Since the Newtown, Conn., massacre in December, at least a dozen churches across the country have been holding similar classes as a way to reach out to non-Christians and attract new members, according to news reports. The movement has led...