Emanuel Nine Martyrs Honored on June 17
On June 17, 2015, Clementa C. Pinckney, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Lee Simmons, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson were murdered by a self-professed white supremacist while they were gathered for Bible study and prayer…
Pastors Pinckney and Simmons were both graduates of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary…
Congregations of the ELCA are encouraged…