The deadly shooting inside a Charleston house of worship is raising questions about church security right here at home.
Bishop Rudolph McKissick Jr. of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church downtown said the massacre is a wakeup call.
He said all churches should be more cautious, while acknowledging that fear cannot take control. He has security at his church, but said there’s a limit.
“It has to be subtle but it has to be known I have it here. We have it here,” McKissick said. “It's not anything that's huge. We are not gonna drive up in a caravan with police of that nature.”
Dozens of people packed a room inside the Crowne Plaza on Duval Road Thursday for an African Methodist Episcopal Church conference where the topic quickly turned to Charleston.
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Anthony Scott, The brother of Walter Scott, the Charleston man gunned down by a police officer, was also in the audience.
He said he’s shocked to see his hometown going through so much pain.
“It’s a tragic thing when you are in a bible study and here you are praying to God and studying His word and someone come in and gun you down,” Scott said.
McKissick is in Charleston Thursday night to help pray for healing.
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