Pastor Shares 1-Sentence Response to Daughter's Death in Nashville Shooting
The senior pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church confirmed that his 9-year-old daughter was among the six killed in Monday's shooting at a Nashville private Christian elementary school.
In a single-sentence statement Tuesday morning, Chad Scruggs—father of Hallie Scruggs—addressed previous reporting that his daughter was among those killed by 28-year-old Audrey Hale in the shooting that left three children and three adult staff members dead.
"Through tears we trust that she is in the arms of Jesus who will raise her to life once again," Scruggs said in a statement shared with reporters.
According to his Facebook page, Scruggs had been a pastor at the church since 2018, when he left his position as an associate minister at Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCPC) in Dallas to join the staff of a growing conservative evangelical congregation that was then in the process of moving on from an internal power struggle, according to the Tennessean.
Scruggs, who was well-regarded in Dallas, also served as a campus minister at Reformed University Fellowship at Southern Methodist University.
PCPC Senior Pastor Mark Davis confirmed in his own statement that Scruggs' daughter was among those killed, writing: "We love the Scruggs family and mourn with them over their precious daughter Hallie. Together, we trust in the power of Christ to draw near and give us the comfort and hope we desperately need."
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