After Botham Jean’s shooting death, his Dallas church intent on seeking justice
DALLAS — The preacher stood wearily on stage, wiping tears…
Roundup: Botham Jean anniversary, Hurricane Dorian relief, FHU enrollment record and more
Our end-of-the-week review of important and/or simply interesting headlines from the world of religion. Got a tip for this column? Email Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ross Jr. at [email protected].
From the editor
Today marks a sad milestone for loved ones of Botham Shem Jean.
It’s the one-year anniversary of the faithful Christian’s shooting death by a Dallas police officer who claims she mistook his apartment for her own.
Ironically, jury selection begins today for fired officer Amber Guyger, who is charged with murder.
Among The Christian Chronicle’s coverage over the past year: my interview with Jean’s parents about their nightmare that never goes away and our coverage of Christians nationwide asking God to bring #Justice4Botham.
From our pages
• Healing Hands raising funds to help after Hurricane Dorian: The Nashville, Tenn.-based humanitarian aid organization, which is associated with Churches of Christ, is organizing relief efforts for the devastated Bahamas. Chellie Ison reports the latest details.
• ‘The blessing is ours’: A Venezuelan diaspora is spreading across South America as refugees from the troubled nation find new homes and reinvigorate the Churches of Christ that take them in. In the first of a two-part series, Erik Tryggestad reports from Santiago, Chile.
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• Freed-Hardeman University smashes enrollment records: As the university in Henderson, Tenn., celebrates its 150th year of offering Christian education, it has a record-breaking 2,117 students, an increase of 100 over last year, according to President David Shannon. Our own Erik Tryggestad was at FHU this week.
• Mountain States Children’s Home looks to expand programming for high school graduates: “There is a tremendous need for this kind of care,” executive director Randy Schow tells the Longmont Times-Call in Colorado. The children’s home is supported by Churches of Christ.
• Tennessee church shooter given hundreds of additional years in prison: Already sentenced to life in prison for the murder of church member Melanie Crow, the gunman who opened fire at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tenn., two years ago faced punishment this week, The Tennessean reports.
More religion news
• For Oklahoma Sooners, first regular-season game on Sunday combines two faiths: What happens when a major college football game is scheduled on the Lord’s Day? The Oklahoman’s Jenni Carlson delved into that question in a recent front-page news-feature.
• September marks the 20th anniversary of Wedgwood church shooting in Fort Worth, Texas: The gunman took seven lives at the Baptist church “before he detonated an explosive device and killed himself in front of more than 200 worshipers,” as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram recalls.
Finally, pray for those on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
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