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CHURCH OF THE WEEK

Inner City Church of Minneapolis

By Amy Turner
The 700 Club

CBN.comThey were drug addicts, Vice Lords, prostitutes, and gang members. Now they are a part of Inner City Church of Minneapolis. ICCM is located in one of the worst neighborhoods, but it's become a haven for these former addicts.

Pastors Chris and Monica Delaurentis aren't your typical pastors -- they use to be addicts, too -- but now they're taking the streets back by storm. They don't wait for the people to come to them; they go to the people.

"I was on the streets. I was homeless. That's how I met Pastor," says Pamela. "They would come visit me every week in the homeless shelter."

"She [Monica Delaurentis] was talking about Jesus, how He could save a wretch like me," adds James. "I didn't feel I had any hope for me. She inspired me that being in all that, there was a chance for me through Jesus."

Chris and Monica began the church in their home seven years ago. They now minister to more than 1,000 people every week through their different outreaches. They've also planted seven churches across the country with the goal of reaching the urban poor, the addicted, the abused, and the abuser.

I didn't want anyone to know that my mom was a crackhead," says Arsheki through tears. "I didn't want anyone to know that she wasn't taking care of us. It seems like for my situation, I could never see a way out. Pastor Monica taught me if you look at the situation and let them determine your future, it will never work, so I began not to look at my situation, but to look at God."



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