Walking the streets

 

This is the the Rev. Ego Ezedi, the pastor of the Empowerment Church in Dorchester.  This pastor, without fail, walks the Bowdoin and Geneva area of Dorchester every summer along with his team of walkers.  Here he is shown in his element. To me, he is the embodiment of an anti-violent activist pastor.  The message is simple:  increase the peace, and help us to end the era of violence for our children.  Rev. E and his groups wear T-Shirts to distinguish themselves.  But this is no Billy-Graham style evangelism.  This pastor represents what is new and powerful within the faith:  an outreach to the voiceless in the most violent of neighborhoods, to be salt and light through relationships.  It is new and edgy, and its working among the community he serves…

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