Chris Singleton, Son of Emanuel AME Shooting Victim, Reveals Why He Knows 'God Is Real'

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jun 14, 2019
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"Emanuel" (in theaters June 17, 19 only) will explore and unpack the stunning forgiveness that unfolded on the international stage in 2015. Looking back, Singleton said he knows it was "God putting that on my heart and those words in my mouth, literally."

[Faithwire.com] There are few moments in recent memory that truly captured the affections of the entire nation, but the horrific shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015 is one of them. (Screengrab image: via 'Emanuel' movie)

In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, an inexplicable forgiveness became an almost instantaneous zeitgeist that baffled onlookers. For Chris Singleton, a former MLB draft pick whose mother, Sharonda, was among those killed by Dylann Roof, it was that very forgiveness—his own supernatural ability to extend grace to the young white supremacist—that proved to him there absolutely is a God.

"This is why I know that God is real," Singleton told Faithwire. "Because never in a million years could you tell me that I would forgive the man who murdered my mother the day after, or two days after. There was never an instance where I would have thought that before it actually happened." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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