Meet the Church That Was Just Nominated the Nobel Peace Prize

Jessilyn Justice : Feb 5, 2016
Charisma News

"That our church contributed to peace in this world is just phenomenal, and it's unequaled in Charleston history." -AME church historian

(Charleston, SC)—The response after a young man shot and killed nine members of their Bible study netted a Charleston church a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. (Photo: Reuters/via Charisma News)

"The mere fact that the church is in the same realm as Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the highest honors," an Emanuel AME Church historian named Liz said. "That our church contributed to peace in this world is just phenomenal, and it's unequaled in Charleston history."

Dylann Roof attacked members of the historically black church's Bible study at the church in July 2015. The woman who helped catch Roof told reporters, "It was God" who led her to the suspect.

Though they lost nine of their own, members of Emanuel went to Roof's hearing and told him one by one that they...

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