Brothers and Sisters - As many of you know, I decided to take a stand for the black community in the upcoming election by publicly supporting Bruce Rauner to be our next governor. Not everyone agreed with my decision, including some of you within our congregation, but everyone respected it - until yesterday. Yesterday I received a number of phone calls making death threats against me and my family vowing to hurt our church. Then, last night, our church was broken into and vandalized. Today, Im going to show our community the damage and share with them the threats Ive received. Well start on repairs -- not just the structural ones that are easy to fix, but the spiritual ones that are going to take some time - and Ill pray for the people who did this. Ive been standing up to this type of violence and intimidation tactics for years - and not once have I ever been threatened or our church damaged. This is a sad day for our community when we get intimidated for speaking from our hearts, but this much is for sure - no matter how many threats they make or how much damage they do, theyre not going to shut me up. They call me the Rooftop Pastor for a reason - and Ill shout from every rooftop in Chicago until our community gets the message: we need jobs, we need opportunity and we wont be taken for granted any longer. At Peace, Corey
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 16:46:52 +0000
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