Posted on 06/21/2015 7:33:29 AM PDT by brwnsuga
The Charleston church that was the site of a massacre on Wednesday held its first service since the horrific incident today.
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church opened its doors for their weekly 9:30am service as thousands poured out to support the church, most filling the outside parking lot and street as they could not even get into the building.
Just five days ago, nine members of the congregation were shot dead in a racially motivated hate crime at the hands of 21-year-old Dylann Roof.
Services began with the organist playing Amazing Grace followed by What a Friend We Have in Jesus as worshipers filed into the church.
After that, Reverend Norvel Goff, the presiding elder at the church, began his sermon by telling the congregation; 'The devil entered and the devil tried to take charge. But the devil cannot take control of your people, and the devil cannot take control of your church.'
The church's bell also tolled nine times in memory of each of the victims.
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I will email them and find out what the situation is. If I get a response I will let everyone here know and we can take it from there.
I’ll be 2nd to donate.
“God is awesome”
Yes He is. As this country gets farther away from God, we will see more and more carnage. Christians around the world me stay prayerful in these trying times.
They were not gangsters or even innocents on the street -- they were innocents praying in church.
That's different.
This was Charleston, not Chicago.
Bells in my town tolled for 9 minutes in solidarity.Guess we’re a bunch of racists.
Well said.
Imagine friendly, welcoming Christians, opening their doors to him, and then sitting and praying with him.
And, suddenly, he starts a killing spree.
It’s a shame the other murders are so common that they don’t receive as much attention. But, you’re right... this story does have a different element to it.
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