1st service held at black church since 9 slayings
Source: AP-Excite
By PHILLIP LUCAS
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Members of a historic black church worshipped at their sanctuary Sunday for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people, and uniformed police officers stood among the congregation as a measure of added security.
The service started with a message of love, recovery and healing, which will no doubt reverberate throughout churches across the country.
"We still believe that prayer changes things. Can I get a witness?" the Rev. Norvel Goff said. The congregated responded with a rousing "Yes."
"But prayer not only changes things, it changes us," Goff said.
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A parishioner prays at the empty seat of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of Pinckney and eight others on Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)
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