Emanuel AME Church
Widow of Mother Emanuel pastor: ‘Much prayer is needed’ four years after attack
By Maina Mwaura — April 29, 2019
(RNS) — Jennifer Pinckney, whose husband, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, was killed in the attack on Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, reflects on her life four years later. She says that listening to his sermons 'ministered to me through some tough moments in my life.'
Mother Emanuel AME pastor shows solidarity with Sutherland Springs
By Adelle M. Banks — November 8, 2017
(RNS) — The Rev. Eric S.C. Manning hopes to visit Texas church members because 'when trauma happens sometimes those who have gone through it are able to provide a little bit more of an encouragement.'
Tennessee church suspect may have sought Charleston revenge
By Yonat Shimron — September 29, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The note found in a suspect's car referenced revenge or retaliation for Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church in 2015 and has since been sentenced to death.
Looking for hope after a year of heartbreak
By guest — December 23, 2016
(RNS) Anger and the lack of answers to troubling global trends of conservative nativism, social injustice, and widening economic disparity are more than enough to make me want to holler and throw up both my hands.
Southern Baptists invite black Baptist leader to drive home message on race
By Adelle M. Banks — June 14, 2016
(RNS) The president of the Southern Baptist Convention invited the president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, to share the stage with him.
How Southern delusions lie at the heart of the Charleston killings
By guest — June 8, 2016
(RNS) Hypnotized by the lost cause of the Civil War, those under its spell could not awaken without the shock of wanton cruelty. The murders at Emanuel AME Church provided that shock
U.S. to seek death penalty against accused church shooter
By RNS staff — May 25, 2016
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, last June.
Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof charged with federal hate crimes
By Kevin Johnson — July 22, 2015
The 33-count indictment charges Roof, who authorities said opened nine people at a Bible study at the black church, with singling out victims for their race and to "interfere with their exercise of their religion.''
South Carolina takes down Confederate flag
By Nathaniel Cary — July 10, 2015
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Gov. Nikki Haley cast the events as "a story of action," beginning with the worshipers who welcomed and prayed with the suspect and ending with the legislative action to remove the flag the accused killer had embraced.
Bill to remove Confederate flag clears S.C. Senate, moves to House of Representatives
By Reuters — July 7, 2015
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) Several Senators spoke of being moved and inspired by the Christian forgiveness displayed by relatives of the Emanuel 9 for the shooter, adding that removal of the flag was the proper way to honor them.
Do we need unholy guns in holy places? (COMMENTARY)
By David P. Gushee — June 24, 2015
(RNS) Inevitably, after the massacre at Emanuel AME Church, people are beginning to talk about arming congregants for self-defense. It is a sad image: 25 souls sitting around at Wednesday night prayer meeting, some packing heat in case the next church attacker should happen to be among them.
Pastors, faithful pick up gun training: ‘We need it in church’
By Bianca Graulau — June 23, 2015
A gun range owner says he trains church-goers so they can defend themselves from attacks such at the killings at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church.
Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church reopens with prayer, praise and a call for change
By Yamiche Alcindor — June 21, 2015
"We still believe that prayer changes things. Can I get a witness?" the Rev. Norvel Goff said. The congregated responded with a rousing "Yes."
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