On Thursday, May 23, 2019, Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr. addressed an enthusiastic crowd of over 6,000 people for the “Nehemiah Project” at House of Hope in Chicago, Illinois. Bishop Blake addressed the gun violence crisis that is plaguing the African American community in Chicago and throughout the country, along with event sponsor Spencer Leak, Sr., CEO of A R Leak Funeral Home.
The event was attended and greatly supported by Bishop O. C. Booker, as well as a large delegation of Church of God in Christ Chicago-area bishops and laity.
