Charleston Church First Sunday Service Since Shooting

A.M.E. Emanuel Church FULL SERMON. Emanuel AME Church Holds Sunday Service in Charleston. Emanuel AME Church Holds Sunday Service in Charleston Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina will hold its first Sunday service since Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people during a bible study on Wednesday night. CCharleston church holds first service after shooting - Roof was subsequently captured in North Carolina on Thursday Emanuel AME Church first Service Charleston church holds first service since horrific massacre 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.
Sunday morning marked the first service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church since Dylann Roof, 21, sat among a Bible study group and opened fire after saying that he targeted them because they were black, authorities said. Among the nine killed was the church pastor, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator.