A Christian school was in the news last week after a black female student accused her classmates of a hate crime.
Amari Allen, 12, accused three white sixth grade boys of cutting her dreadlocks and calling her ugly, NBC News reports. Several days later, however, the female student admitted that she had lied about the whole incident. The students attend Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital. The alleged incident garnered national attention, in part, because Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, teaches at the school.
Christian Headlines sat down with Pastor Jesse Johnson, the lead teaching pastor at Immanuel Bible Church, the church that created the school, to talk about how the church and school have reacted to the national scrutiny and how the school plans to move forward. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What has the last week been like for Immanuel Bible Church and Immanuel Christian School?
Pastor Johnson: This was a difficult week. When the news broke on social media, we were scrambling to investigate, and completely shocked that something like this could happen at our school. As the evidence came to light – that the alleged attack did not happen – our shock turned to sorrow. We love the school, but more than that, we…
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