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Finding Faith: The resiliency of Mother Emanuel
The congregation welcomes visitors and responds to the 2015 massacre with prayer, hospitality and worship, as members say they will pray for you.
- Rev Eric Manning led worship at Mother Emanuel AME Church on Sunday, where visitors joined members for a service highlighting the congregation's enduring commitment to hospitality and love.
- Eleven years after the 2015 massacre that killed nine members, this historic Black church in the South has chosen love over withdrawal, continuing a 200-year fight for the right to worship.
- Throughout the 2.5-hour service, Rev Manning asked visitors to rise, revealing that guests nearly equaled the congregation in number. The worship demonstrated divinely inspired love shared between members and strangers.
- Congregants embrace strangers, declaring 'I will pray for you!' while Rev Manning urged the congregation to 'watch God change things,' reinforcing faith woven into the members' DNA.
- Dig into Mother Emanuel AME Church's history to understand where members find resiliency and trust in the Deliverer. They rely on a faith that has sustained them through tragedy, finding honor in worshipping together.
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Leaning Left0Leaning Right9Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution53% Right
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C 47%
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