Church leaders seek peace and healing in an ‘eye for an eye world.’
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
The morning after a gunman perched atop a roof narrowly missed killing former President Donald Trump, Christians across the U.S. came together Sunday — as always — to worship God and pray.
About 270 miles southeast of the Pennsylvania farm show grounds where shots rang out at Trump’s Saturday night campaign rally — and about 20 miles west of the nation’s capital — minister Robin Gough stepped to the pulpit at the Fairfax Church of Christ in Virginia.
The preacher immediately focused the congregation’s attention on the assassination attempt.
“In times like these, it’s important for us to come together and pray for our nation,” Gough said. “Pray for the families of those who were killed, for healing and comfort. We should pray for former President Trump and President Biden, asking God to protect and guide them.
“We need to stand against divisiveness and violence,” the minister emphasized to the Washington, D.C.-area church. “What happens in an eye for an eye world? Everyone ends up blind.”
The attack left the Republican presidential candidate bloodied — after a bullet grazed his ear — and claimed the life of a retired fire chief, Corey Comperatore. Two other spectators were wounded, while a U.S. Secret Service sniper gunned down the shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
At the Newark Church of Christ in Delaware — Biden’s home state, where the Democratic president was attending a Catholic Mass at the time of the Trump shooting — minister K. Rex Butts voiced his alarm and sadness Sunday at the political violence.
This story appears in the online edition of The Christian Chronicle.
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