Reverend James Meeks is the only senior pastor the congregation at Pullman's House of Hope has ever known.
So while there was a church service, the day was primarily was a day of tribute.
But for all the dignitaries present, it was the words of many of his longtime members that no doubt meant the most as Rev. Meeks and his wife made a celebratory lap of the 10,000-seat house of worship he built from the ground up. "My whole family, they all joined. I have 11 siblings and nine of them joined with their kids," added fellow longtime House of Hope member, Constance Doggett.
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