Kansas City clergy and community members joined forces Friday for a prayer vigil after a deadly few weeks in Kansas City, Missouri.
Leaders of at least eight KC churches and organizations were present — Mount Washington Missionary Baptist Church, Gethsemane Center of Hope Ministries, Concerned Clergy KC, The Oasis Church International, Heart of the Father Initiative, Adhoc Group Against Crime, Greater Metro KC and Kingdom Word Ministries.
Adhoc Group Against CrimeThere have been fewer homicides in KCMO this year.
As of Nov. 17, there have been 133. At the same time in 2023, the total was 164.
“That’s why we need to come together,” said Bishop Frank Douglas Jr., who pastors Beth-Judah Ministries Church of God and Christ. “Because our families are depending on still the Black church.”
Brian Luton/KSHB 41Douglas helped organize the prayer vigil Friday and also works with Ad Hoc Group Against Crime as the community program coordinator.