Bettie Mitchell, the Amish, and the Gospel of Forgiveness
In October of 2006 Charles Carl Roberts IV walked out of his house and entered the nearby Amish school. In the school building, on his cell, he called his wife, who was at a Mom’s In Touch meeting praying for the children of the community, to tell her that he was not coming home. He shot 10 schoolgirls killing them and then he shot himself. The reaction of the Amish community was a genuine and immediate forgiveness, a remarkable presentation of the gospel while the entire world looked on in shock.
Bettie Mitchell, founder and director of Good Samaritan Ministries, powerfully points to the gospel of forgiveness in the midst of this tragedy. Continue reading »
