Check out the story of the ex-gang leader who escaped a life of crime to start up his own church.
An ex-gang leader has swapped crime for mentoring teenagers at church.Dozens of young people are gathered inside a converted warehouse space, draped with white curtains and fitted with a high-tech sound system."God was bringing a message out of a mess in my life," Pastor Onyeka, as he's known at the church, shouts while throwing his hands towards the ceiling.Image caption,As a teenager growing up in Brixton, he became involved with a gang.
As he turned into a "well known" leader, he also became a target. Once, he was shot at four times by men from a rival gang. But "by the grace of God", the bullets missed him."When you fight for a postcode and die, your friends will say RIP but then go on. There's no point dying for a postcode. Your family has to bear the pain forever. It's not worth it.""When I found Jesus, my life changed.
"God always gave me those leadership skills, but the devil wanted me to use them in a bad way. But thank God I'm using them in a good way now where a lot of people say I'm their role model for good reasons." "I can relate to the pastor, especially the fact he's close to my age as a young black man," he adds.
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