South Carolina: Confederate Flag Causes Christian Convention to Cancel
— WLTX reports: “Another groups pulls out of South Carolina cancelling their National Convention because of the confederate flag. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) based out of Indiana were coming to Charleston, now they’re looking for another venue.”
— “The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have more than 600,000 members across the US and Canada.”
— “‘For African Americans the confederate flag is a system of terror, oppression, separation and racism and we decided to stand in solidarity,’ Reverend Timothy James of the Christian Church said in a phone interview with News 19.”