9: Called To Forgive
How do you forgive someone who has murdered your spouse and isn’t sorry about it? Anthony Thompson’s wife, Myra, was one of nine victims shot and killed on June 17, 2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. The shooter purposefully targeted African-Americans in hopes of starting a race war. But when Anthony Thompson and other family members of the victims faced the shooter, it wasn’t hate, but love and forgiveness that won the day.
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About the Guest
Anthony Thompson
The Reverend Anthony Batiste Thompson is a native of Charleston, S.C. He served six years in the U.S. Navy. He received a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Secondary Education from Benedict College, and a Masters of Divinity Degree from Cummins Theological Seminary of Summerville, S.C. in 1995.
After 27 years of service, Thompson retired from the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services as an Adult Probation Parole Agent. He also served with the Carolina Youth Development Center of North Charleston, S.C. as a Relief Counselor; the South Carolina Department of Mental Health as a Wraps Provider; Mentor of Charleston as a Direct Service Employee; The Charleston County Substance Abuse Commission as a Court Liaison; John G. Richard’s Institution for Boys as a Youth Counselor, and has mentored young boys in Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester Counties of South Carolina as a volunteer for 27 years.
He served as Pastor of St. Stephen’s Reformed Episcopal Church of Summerville, S.C. (Sept. 1995-Sept. 2010), and presently is the Pastor of Holy Trinity Reformed Episcopal Church of Charleston. He is a member of the Community Advisory Board of Mother Emanuel AME Church Empowerment Center, as well as the National Board of Foreign Missions of the Reformed Episcopal Church; the Examining Chaplains of the Reformed Episcopal Diocese of the Southeast; Chairman of the Drug & Substance Abuse Prevention Committee of the Reformed Episcopal Diocese of the Southeast; and Mayor John Tecklenberg Clergy Advisory Council.