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CHRISTIANS RESPOND to George Floyd's Death with Outrage, Rallies An international newspaper Our mission: To inform, for Churches of Christ inspire and unite Vol. 77, No. 7 | July 2020 www.christianchronicle.org Protests and prayers CHRISTIANS RESPOND to George Floyd’s death with outrage, rallies and calls for justice. BY BOBBY ROSS JR. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE join the battle against racial injustice. The Minneapolis Central Church arren G. Blakney Sr.’s of Christ mourned Floyd’s killing fight for racial equality up close. stretches back to 1961. “As a person, I’m outraged,” said At age 9, Blakney met Russell Pointer Sr., minister for the civil rights icon Martin predominantly black congregation. WLuther King Jr. in Tuscaloosa, Ala., “As a city, we’re trying to grieve.” and passed out voter registration Nationwide, Floyd’s death galva- handbills door to door. nized weeks of protests denouncing “I saw a lot of systemic racism things,” said the and police brutality. 67-year-old senior The demonstrations minister for the North started in Minneapolis Peoria Church of and spread, some- Christ in Tulsa, Okla. times devolving into “I’ve seen acid thrown rioting and looting. at people. I’ve been in In Richmond, the crowd when dogs Va., the windows were turned on us. ... of the West Broad I’ve seen white guys Church of Christ, a jump out of cars with predominantly black baseball bats to beat congregation, were 12- and 13-year-old shattered. kids down and kill Protesters were them.” still milling about But nothing in the GREG JAKLEWICZ, ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS as minister James last 50 years, he said, Attendees pray at unity rally Nesmith came to has shaken him like at Abilene Christian University survey the damage. the video of a white after George Floyd’s death. “Of course we don’t Minneapolis police condone the violence officer pressing his knee against or looting,” Nesmith said. “We wish George Floyd’s neck as the hand- they would take a more civilized cuffed black man complained, “I approach, but in the same breath, we can’t breathe.” understand the frustration.” “I sat there, and I prayed, and I The building of another African wished that he would get his knee See GEORGE FLOYD, Page 14 off that guy’s neck so he could TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT, VIA TWITTER breathe,” said Blakney, president Amid protests after George Floyd’s death, Trey Elliott prays for Tulsa, Okla., Police of the Tulsa Urban League and RACE IN AMERICA Chief Wendell Franklin. The 7-year-old made it his mission to pray for every past president of the local NAACP. TEEN SHOWS COURAGE AFTER RACIAL SLUR .................. 3 police officer in Oklahoma’s second-largest city. Franklin, a member of The Park “There was no sense of humanity.” DIALOGUE: BLACK MINISTERS WEIGH IN .........................21 Church of Christ in Tulsa, said of Elliott: “He is that mustard seed planted which Floyd’s May 25 death in police PETITION TARGETS HARDING AUDITORIUM NAME ............24 yields a tree used by all.” Franklin praised his city’s peaceful protesters. “May God custody stirred Blakney to urge fellow EDITORIAL: WHAT CHRISTIANS CAN DO ...........................29 continue to lay a blanket of protection over all Tulsa,” he said in a tweet. Christians — black and white — to VIEWS: AN ARMY OF GOOD SAMARITANS ........................28 2 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE JULY 2020 The present pandemic affects everyone, but some are affected more than most. 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Orval Faubus and an angry white Inside Story mob, Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann urged President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send U.S. soldiers to Bobby Ross Jr. quell the violence. “Situation is out of control VANESSA CARVALHO PHOTOGRAPHY | WWW.VANESSACARVALHO.COM and police cannot disperse the mob,” Mann said in a tele- Love in the time of COVID-19: Nurse, husband reunite in NYC gram to Eisenhower. “I am In New York’s Times Square, Wendy and Eric Davenport give and graduate of Harding University in Searcy, Ark., volunteered pleading to you as president each other a facemasked kiss after two months apart. The to serve COVID-19 patients in hard-hit New York while Eric and of the United States in the Christian couple served as missionaries in Rwanda before swiftly their four sons got settled in Oklahoma. When Eric arrived in interest of humanity, law and evacuating amid the COVID-19 crisis in March. Wendy, a nurse New York, “I shed two months of tears in his arms,” his wife said. order and because of democ- racy worldwide to provide ANOTHER NURSE RETURNS from the front lines, Page 5. the necessary federal troops within several hours.” To enforce the school’s desegregation, Eisenhower sent 1,200 members of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne The future of worship Division and federalized the Arkansas National Guard. AS CONGREGATIONS RETURN to in-person assemblies, coronavirus pandemic brings changes. But Mann paid a steep price. He endured hate BY BOBBY ROSS JR. | THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE million confirmed U.S. cases and minister for the Broadway Church of mail and death threats. 116,000 deaths at press time — special Christ in Paducah, Ky. White supremacists burned asks or no masks? health measures are greeting most In Virginia, the Blacksburg Church crosses on his family’s Sing and make a joyful noise worshipers. of Christ will emphasize lawn. He lost his insurance — or not? “We will have short- social distancing, make business and any hope of a Required temperature ened services, commu- hand sanitizer available political future in Arkansas. Mchecks at the door? nion to pick up upon and possibly use the Sean Richardson, youth These are among the questions entering, temperature fellowship hall for extra minister for the Bammel facing Churches of Christ nationwide monitors at the door, seating “so folks can Church of Christ in Houston, as congregations move to resume little to no singing, spread out even more,” recalled Mann’s experi- in-person assemblies, a Christian planned seating and Lisa Leichner said. ence as he preached on the Chronicle survey found. either multiple services “They’re suggesting Lovejoy Leichner Sunday after George Floyd After three months of closed doors, or multiple rooms in but so far not requiring was killed in Minneapolis many churches have started returning our building for small groups to meet masks,” said Leichner, who was police custody on May 25. to the building. But amid the ongoing and stream the worship service,” said among more than 100 members and See HISTORY, Page 4 coronavirus pandemic — with 2.1 Jed Lovejoy, worship and children’s See WORSHIP, Page 10 4 THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE INSIDE STORY JULY 2020 HISTORY: Teen stands up for fellow Christian after classmate hurls racial slur FROM PAGE 3 No matter the situation, you can’t “See, typically in history when stoop to the lowest of the lows. You people have chosen to side with just can’t,’” recalled the 2020 Klein those who are High graduate, who plans to study oppressed, they finance at Texas Tech University themselves get this fall. treated as those “I didn’t fight him,” Trevor added. who have been “I didn’t threaten him. I just said, oppressed,” ‘You can’t do that.’” Richardson said in the video sermon, ’THAT JUST FELT REAL GOOD’ W.W. Mann which came amid When A.J. heard what Trevor had national outrage over done, he couldn’t believe it. Floyd’s death and coast-to-coast “I was shocked,” A.J. said. “I had protests against racial injustice. never had someone do that for me. … Most people would have NO MERE HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE just said, ‘Oh well, keep going.’ I The African American youth was actually shocked but grateful. minister’s mention of Mann, who … It made me feel like I matter moved to Houston in 1961 and lived to someone other than my family. there until his 2002 death at age 85, That just felt real good.” was no mere historical footnote. Trevor easily could have chosen Richardson traced the late mayor’s not to say anything. lineage to present day — to an But his conscience — his heart — 18-year-old Bammel youth group wouldn’t let him stay quiet, he said. member named Trevor Mann. “I felt like Jesus was talking to me, No doubt, Trevor’s place in saying, ‘You have to do something American history — at least at this VIDEO STILL VIA ZOOM about that. You can’t just ignore this.’” point in his life — pales compared A.J. Poole Jr. shows a video of the touchdown play that ended in a racially No, Trevor’s action didn’t change with that of his great-grandfather, charged incident. Watch the full interview with Poole, Trevor Mann and Sean the course of history like his great- whom he met as a baby.
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