Latest on Church Shooting: Charleston Churches Unite
Hundreds of parishioners from Charleston’s churches filled the street outside ‘Mother’ Emanuel AME Church to pray and sing after the church’s Sunday services had ended.
St. Michael’s Episcopal, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church and the First Baptist Church organized buses to bring people from their Sunday worship to Emanuel. Members of other churches walked or drove.
St. Michael’s parishioner Lee Michael was one of those in attendance. He remarked that “racism is so anti-Christian it’s unbelievable.”
During services Sunday morning, pastors handed out prayer cards, one side blank for a handwritten prayer and the other stating that the churches “stand with Mother Emanuel.” As the congregations recited Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd,” by heart, the prayer cards were passed hand-to-hand to the front of the crowd. The cards were stapled, pinned and tapped to a wooden cross that St Michael’s had brought.
More: Latest on Church Shooting: Charleston Churches Unite - the New York Times