Gang Members Overcome by Prayer

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Gang Members Overcome by Prayer

Armitage Baptist Church pastor Charles Lyons writes on the topic of praying for the streets of Chicago:

During the 1980s the OA gang dominated our area. We created a prayer patrol of three or four teams of two men each. These were men with street savvy, men who knew the language and weren't intimidated easily.

Normally ...

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