The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 2018 Page: 10 of 35
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ACROSS THE NATION
10 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE
NOVEMBER 2018
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WHITNEY KASINGER
Minister Frank Melton III speaks at a #Justice4Botham event that drew more than 100
members of Churches of Christ to the steps outside City Hall in downtown Houston.
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said Williams, a former Abilene
Christian University football player
who preaches for the North Colony
Church of Christ, north of Dallas.
“We’re asking God for justice in
this situation,” he added. “We are
Christians, so we’re not seeking
vengeance or revenge or destruction
on anybody. But if I bump into your
car, I’ve got to pay for that, right?”
Frank Melton III said at Houston
City Hall, surrounded by more than
100 Christians.
At the Pearl Harbor Church of
Christ in Hawaii, minister’s wife Ruth
Byrne said, ‘We stand in solidarity
with his family.”
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CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?
Officer Amber Guyger told inves-
tigators she mistakenly entered the
victim’s apartment the night of Sept.
6, thinking it was her own. She then
confused Jean with a burglar and
opened fire, she reported.
Guyger has been charged with
manslaughter and fired from her job
with the Dallas Police Department.
The victim’s parents have expressed
skepticism at the official narrative of
what happened. The family plans to
file a lawsuit against Guyger and the
city of Dallas.
“We do want justice for Botham
because we feel it’s unfair,” said
JUSTIN ARDREY
Christians share hugs and fellowship at a #Justice4Botham assembly hosted by the
Sycamore View Church of Christ in Memphis, Tenn., in memory of Botham Jean.
In Memphis, Tenn., the Sycamore
View Church of Christ described
its service remembering Jean as “a
powerful display of unity, communal
lament for injustice and a celebration
of our dear brother in Christ.”
At the Ina Road Church of Christ in
Tucson, Ariz., black Christians shared
with a mostly white audience their
experiences of growing up in America.
“I truly hope this becomes a
catalyst for bringing racial unity or
at least racial collaboration in our
divided brotherhood,” said Jessica
Knapp, who is white and attended
the Tucson discussion.
As part of a #Justice4Botham
social media campaign organized by
Williams, numerous Christians from
coast to coast recorded videos of
themselves singing “Let It Rise,” the
last song led by Jean at the Dallas
West Church of Christ, his home
congregation.
“Today is the opportunity for
the Church of Christ and all those
Botham impacted to say, ‘Hey, we
love you, and we care about you,”’
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The nasty weather failed to deter
these members of Churches of
Christ from their appointed mission:
singing and praising God.
“The walls of Jericho didn’t come
down because they fought,” minister
Willie Williams III told the crowd,
citing the Old Testament account of
the Israelites marching around the
city and blowing their trumpets. “The
walls of Jericho came down because
the people of God got together, and
they shouted, and they praised God.”
Lamont Ross, senior minister for
the Marsalis Avenue Church of Christ
in Dallas, prayed to God, ‘We can’t
make sense of the senseless, but we
come to you because we recognize
the therapeutic value of praise.”
From Houston to Honolulu, mem-
bers of Churches of Christ across the
U.S. — and even beyond — came
together on Jean’s Sept 29 birthday to
raise their voices to heaven.
“We just want to make sure that
we bring awareness to this situation
and show the family love,” minister
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Tryggestad, Erik. The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 1, 2018, newspaper, November 1, 2018; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1509395/m1/10/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.