Support Statement

 Show your support of the Forsyth Descendants Scholarship by donating and signing the Statement of Support below.

Pastoral Signatories

  • Michael Adams

    Lead Pastor

    Trinity Christian Church

  • Robbie Mathis

    Senior Pastor

    Freedom Tabernacle

  • Jonathan Bennett

    Executive Pastor

    Freedom Tabernacle

  • Jon Adams

    Lead Pastor

    The Vine Community Church

  • Adam Johnson

    Lead Pastor

    Browns Bridge Church

  • Durwood Snead

    Retired Pastor

    North Point Ministries

  • Paul Huyghebaert

    Lead Minister

    Grace Chapel

  • Steve Murray

    Pastor

    Church of the Oaks

  • Todd Cox

    Lead Pastor

    StonePoint Church

  • Tracy Miller

    Associate Pastor

    StonePoint Church

  • Dan Miller

    Pastor

    Grace Fellowship

  • Dr. Sabin P. Strickland

    Senior Pastor

    Pleasant Hill Church, Roswell

  • John Ray

    Deacon

    Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta

  • W. Reginald Simmons

    Rector

    St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church

  • Josue Valencia

    Executive Pastor

    Iglesia Mas Que Vencedores

  • Jimmy F. Orr

    Retired Pastor

  • Geremy Dolan

    Director of Care Network

    Gwinnett Church

  • Jána Guynn

    Director of Married Adults

    Gwinnett Church

  • Michael O'Neal

    Mission Pastor

    First Baptist Cumming

  • Robby Angle

    President

    Trueface

  • Tony Thomas

    Lead Pastor

    Joy of All Nations

  • LeZanne Parks

    Fades And Facials Barbershop

  • Skip Latson

    Former Elder

    Grace Chapel Church of Christ

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Individual Signatories

  • Adrienne Hershey

  • Tina Ferrario Huck

    Executive Director, Family Promise of Forsyth County

  • Carter Patterson

  • Jacob Granados

  • Gretchen Granados

  • Stephanie Whitacre

  • Kathy Richardson

  • Napoleon Foster

    Manager, AMT Consulting

  • Brian Richey

  • Robin Chapman

  • Riley Chichester

  • Dave Tardella

  • Sara Aylay

  • Carmel Yonas

  • George Duffin

    Board Member

    The Impact Movement

  • William Taylor

  • April Conway

  • Bob and Jennifer Nahrstadt

  • Umit Gunebir

    Executive Director

    The Atlantic Institute

  • Heidi Chichester

  • Dirk Bender

  • Shelly Gates

  • Anita Tucker

  • Linda Kelly

  • Jess Lucas

  • Paula Phillips

  • Vera Forkner

  • Edward Anderson

  • Hugh Henry

  • Martha Mashburn Lappe

  • James Booker

  • Kim McCormick

  • Gretchen Howard

  • Brooks Youngblood

  • Joel Miller

    Foundation for Economic Education

    Curriculum Development Officer

  • Jim Morris

  • Albert Latson

  • Anna Purcella-Doll

  • Dee Roodehchi

  • Allen Smith

  • Jonathan Hall

  • Sarah Chattin

  • Nicholas Bazemore

  • Bennett Thomas

  • Aubrey Stout

  • Connor Brown

  • Gary Chichester

  • Tonya Brown

  • A. RaeNee Jemison

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Organizational Signatories

  • Forsyth County Ministerial Association

  • Community Remembrance Project of Forsyth County

  • Family Promise of Forsyth County

  • The Place of Forsyth County, Inc.

  • Cumming Local

  • Details Design

    Jillian Mitchell

  • Your Organization Here

 

Statement of Support

 

  • • We acknowledge that an injustice was done to 1,098 African American inhabitants of Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 and afterward, when they were forced to leave the county immediately under threat of violence. Most were farmhands, but records show there were 58 families who were landowners.

    • No one alive today is responsible for the sins of our ancestors, but we do care about the future of children whose families were negatively impacted by this injustice.

    • As followers of Jesus we support the idea of a scholarship fund for qualified descendants of those expelled from the county in 1912.

    • This is an act of love that recognizes that an injustice was done and demonstrates that we feel compelled to help. This is not righting a wrong, giving justice to those offended, or any form of reparation but simply an act of love that does for a few what we wish we could do for everyone.

  • • We acknowledge that an injustice was done to 1,098 African American inhabitants of Forsyth County, Georgia, in 1912 and afterward, when they were forced to leave the county immediately under threat of violence. Most were farmhands, but records show there were 58 families who were landowners.

    • No one alive today is responsible for the sins of our ancestors, but we do care about the future of children whose families were negatively impacted by this injustice.

    • We support the idea of a scholarship fund for qualified descendants of those expelled from the county in 1912.

    • This is an act of love that recognizes that an injustice was done and demonstrates that we feel compelled to help. This is not righting a wrong, giving justice to those offended, or any form of reparation but simply an act of love that does for a few what we wish we could do for everyone.

 
 

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