Camden County pastor connects through hymn during protests in Minneapolis

Emotions are running high amid the protests and riots after the death of George Floyd.

Now, one local pastor who is on the frontline of the Ahmaud Arbery protests is on the streets in Minneapolis to encourage everyone to come together.

From cleanup efforts to sermons against systemic racism, Pastor Mack Knight of Refreshing Oasis Church in Camden County is joining dozens of church leaders in Minneapolis as protests against racism and police brutality rock the city.

“I’ve been here since Monday. I felt like it was my civic duty as a pastor, as a black father, as a black man to come and be a part of such a historic movement to me,” said Knight.

While standing in the middle of a crowd of protestors Knight began singing the negro national anthem.

“These millennials are using their voices and they are trying to say loud and clear can you hear us now,” Knight explained.

Knight said it’s now time to listen to communities hurting the most.

“Just to see the people that continue to come and place flowers, teddy bears and jogging shoes it’s just a charge of energy to see from Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd to the Tony Green situation that we had in Camden County.

Pastor knight says he plans to fly back to Jacksonville Thursday.

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