(NBC DALLAS-FORT WORTH) A small North Texas church has a special message for the thieves who stole around $40,000 worth of property: "We forgive you."
The sign outside the First Baptist Church of Slidell reads, "To those who robbed us, we forgive you."
According to the church's pastor, Bobby Cates, thieves took sound equipment from the church, two televisions, two computer monitors, a desktop computer and Cates' personal laptop -- filled with family photos -- as well as one of the church's vans.
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