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\u201c <\/strong>A crook who broke into a Springfield church using a cross and stole thousands of dollars in equipment has been forgiven\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

At Sunday morning\u2019s service, praise and music echoed as loud as ever. That\u2019s because the burglar returned for forgiveness.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted prayer. He wanted help so they wouldn\u2019t get him,\u201d Scott (the pastor) said. \u201cAnd ironically, the name of the church is The Embassy, so we protected him, and today he showed back up to church. We prayed for him. He cried and joined the church.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the rest of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"