On Wednesday night, a revival was held in Melrose Park, the back yard of one of Roanoke's most crime-afflicted neighborhoods. A circle of people holding hands stretched over two basketball courts and around Hardy, pastor of Roanoke's Greater Prayer Temple.

He and other leaders from about half a dozen small congregations have a goal this week that is ambitious and simple by name: "Taking Back the City."

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