"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chronicles 7:14
Baltimore homicide deaths in 2021 totaled 340 victims. Though Chicago has been spotlighted as a gruesome place of genocide, Baltimore is among the high homicide rates in U.S. urban cities. Our historic city has become the "death place" for thousands of citizens. For this year of 2022, crime has claimed these precious lives:
12/1 Ralph Johnson-age 36
12/1 Kierra Cox-age 28
12/7 Tavaz Myles-age 25
12/7 Amare Burruss-age 20
12/7 Jalil George-age 24
12/7 Stewartress Burke-age 75
12/8 Rashard Hall-age 32
12/8 Corey Parker-age 31
12/9 Gerald Reed-age 26
12/11 Albert Stevenson-age 56
12/11 Tremaine Thomas, Jr.-age 26
12/13 William Brown, Jr.-age 21
12/17 Arnold Manuel-age 60
12/21 Dominick Williams-age 39
12/21 Howard Carter-age 44
12/23 Michael G. Morrison-age 28
12/26 Dwone Bryant-age 51
12/26 Caleb Thompson-age 20
12/26 David Watts, Jr.-age 40
12/26 Darius Brockington-age 22
12/29 unidentified male
12/29 Lattimore Thompson
12/29 unidentified male-age 21
12/30 Dylan King-age 8
12/30 Dennis Johnson-age 46
11/2 Michael Bailey-age 32
11/3 Delaka Augins-age 38
11/3 Marquis Carter-age 48
11/5 Evan Smith-age 31
11/5 Tyjuan Redd-age 27
11/5 Eric Henson-age 33
11/6 Marcellus Hall-age 59
11/7 Kevin Torres-age 35
11/12 Wayne Martin-age 52
11/13 Antonio Warrington-age 43
11/14 Kelsey Washington-age 13
11/15 James Wilson-age 33
11/15 Donte Miller-age 25
11/16 Michael Jackson-age 25
11/19 William Vincent-age 34
11/20 Antonio Holmes-age 25
11/23 Travis Curry-age 33
11/24 Henri Jones-age 23
11/27 Terrence Skinner-age 36
11/28 Khalil Tatum
11/28 Antwan Watson-age 35
11/29 unidentified male-age 35
11/29 Theodore Barksdale-age 34
10/4 Nyemia Gillard-age 1
10/4 Robert Taylor-age 31
10/5 Michael Washington-age 43
10/5 Garcia Stevenson-age 43
10/5 Anthony Player-age 29
10/6 Eligah Hooks-age 23
10/9 Javarick Gantt-age 34
10/10 Tommy Mason-age 54
10/12 Dorian Abrams-age 26
10/12 Diondrea Lee-age 45
10/13 Gregory James Carroll-age 27
10/13 Stephen Sloman-age 56
10/14 Antonio Wilkens-age 23
10/15 Santos Munoz-Hernandez-age 53
10/15 Arthur Comegys-age 38
10/16 Bernard Stein III
10/18 Elaine Jackson-age 40
10/19 Donterray Jones-age 39
10/21 David Braxton-age 40
10/21 Brandon Williams-age 29
10/22 Michael Small-age 35
10/27 David Ramirez-age 39
10/29 Timothy Cunningham-age 33
10/29 Louis Butler-age 59
10/30 Marcus Lynch, Jr.-age 43
9/1 Kahlil Akins-age 28
9/2 Jeremiah Brogden-age 17
9/6 Keith Bell-age 63
9/7 Kenyon Yerby-age 32
9/10 Mohammed Seid-age 33
9/12 Jessica Johnson-age 38
9/13 Lawrence Green III-age 30
9/14 Turell Davis-age 42
9/14 Bryan Johnson, Sr.- age 34
9/16 Delanie McCloud-age 37
9/19 Terry Gordon-age 53
9/20 Delon Bushrod, Jr.-age 24
9/21 Kelly Logan-age 53
9/21 Steven Gillus-age 39
9/26 Quincy Harris-age 23
8/1 Trevon Johnson-age 27
8/2 Trevon Williams-age 29
8/5 Raquan Wyatt-age 25
8/6 Nykayia Strauder-age 14
8/6 Chris Hale-age 34
8/8 Antwine Smith-age 57
8/10 Eric Christian White-age 37
8/11 Darius Jones IV-age 26
8/12 Tony Matthews- age 33
8/12 Devin Robinson-age 30
8/12 William Ferebee-age 24
8/12 Leion Davis-age 23
8/13 Marcus Anthony Roberts- age 34
8/14 Stephen Walker Jr.-age 40
8/15 Eric Plater-age 35
8/20 Delaney Simmons-age 38
8/20 Vincent Malabayabas-age 60
8/22 Elontae Walker-age 28
8/24 Michael Daye-age 33
8/26 unidentified female
8/29 Jesika Tetlow-age 18
8/30 Clinton Bowser-age 59
8/31 Thomas Fields-age 38
8/31 Julian Fruh-age 19
7/1 Reginald Johnson-age 44
7/2 Jamar Roberson-age 33
7/3 Terrontae Stancil-age 19
7/4 Leroy Jeter III-age 42
7/7 Timothy Reynolds-age 48
7/9 Michelle Lindsey-age 48
7/10 Dejon Durham-age 23
7/11 Tiya Adeshola Otuga-age 17
7/12 Terell Chambers-age 30
7/13 Ulyess Dezurn III-age 52
7/15 Julian Foster-age 17
7/15 Ernest Merae-age 19
7/16 Malik Isiah Myers-age 22
7/16 Dwight Douglas III-age 29
7/16 Nathan Green-age 32
7/18 Quintin Manuel Jr.-age 23
7/20 Charles Saunders-age 28
7/21 Samuel Bent-age 74
7/22 Tony Dewitt-age 42
7/23 Daniel Covington-age 47
7/23 unidentified male
7/25 unidentified male
7/26 Ernest Jackson IV- age 33
7/28 Peter Riley
7/29 Evay Henriques-age 17
7/29 Bartimaeus Morris-age 34
7/29 unidentified male
7/30 Deontay Edwards-age 19
7/30 Sareef Muse-age 18
6/1 Bernard Tillman-age 34
6/2 Kenneth Blackstone-age 28
6/3 Andrew Smith-age 29
6/3 Rickie Crenshaw-age 27
6/4 Dwayne Davis-age 41
6/5 Denard Hunt-age 31
6/5 Tyrone Walker-age 37
6/6 Justin Stewart-age 32
6/7 Donald Demetrius White-age 32
6/7 Craig Phillips, Jr.-age 18
6/7 Darren Barnes-age 22
6/8 Brian Jones-age 19
6/11 Bernard Jackson-age 56
6/12 Kristy Helmert
6/14 Dwaine Edwards-age 50
6/15 Curtis Jones-age 33
6/15 Kevin Moody-age 21
6/16 Ryan Harris-age 25
6/16 William Christian-age 49
6/16 Terry Alston-age 35
6/17 Darrell Fulton-age 31
6/18 Davon Battle-age 35
6/18 Travis Johnson-age 29
6/18 Nicole Dyson-age 35
6/19 Trevor White-age 45
6/19 Bilal Baha Omar-age 50
6/19 Sai Charan Nakka-age 25
6/21 Donta Wheeler-age 43
6/22 Markeece Jordan-age 29
6/22 Jeremiah Williamson-age 18
6/23 Robert Brown-age 40
6/23 unidentified male
6/25 Devin Nathaniel Brown-age 22
6/26 Demetrius Johnson-age 26
6/27 Makeon Hines -age 24
6/28 unidentified male
6/30 unidentified male
5/1 Daniel Taylor-age 31
5/2 Eric Smithnick-age 26
5/4 Keith Johnson-age 34
5/5 Lee Jordan Butler-age 30
5/8 Miguel Soto Diaz-age 35
5/9 Kennod Taylor-age 39
5/10 Chone Cummings-age 25
5/12 Yahmell Montague-age 37
5/12 Angel Smith-age 38
5/12 Samuel McKoy-age 33
5/13 Jasmine Brunson-age 17
5/21 Daemond Wallace-age 22
5/22 Kyle Knox-age 39
5/22 Dakarai Baldwin-age 17
5/22 Tyrone Hill-age 53
5/23 Davon Silver-Nelson-age 22
5/26 Sami Ibn-Queen-age 59
5/26 Galen Hyman III-age 41
5/26 Derrick Toomer-age 52
5/27 Eric Eldridge-age 32
5/28 Daywarn Walker-age 23
5/28 Michael Ross-age 31
5/29 Sonya Steingel-age 47
4/3 Shamal Scott-age 25
4/3 Kwalin Ray-age 18
4/3 Troy Gross-age 25
4/5 Sophia Wilks-age 40
4/6 Corell McQueen-age 40
4/6 Dontae Breeden-age 24
4/7 Jerric Michie-age 20
4/7 Joshua Wittington-age 20
4/9 My'Royal Bennett-age 3
4/10 Stefan Carter -age 39
4/13 Anthony Clark-age 21
4/14 Benjamin Gardner-age 47
4/14 Daniel Pitts-age 52
4/15 Brittany Keyser-age 30
4/16 Byron Troxler-age 31
4/18 Ursula Brown-age 61
4/19 Caron McCaskill-age 21
4/19 Michael Clanton-age 40
4/23 Corey Greer-age 45
4/25 Marco Nunez-age 30
4/25 Angelo Clary-age 32
4/26 Dominic Bullock-age 37
4/27 Denzel Scipio-age 30
4/28 unidentified male
4/28 Adrian Morris-age 19
4/29 Justin Lewis-age 20
4/29 Kinnard Wilds-age 27
4/29 Robert Carter-age 33
3/1 unidentified male
3/1 David Dixon-age 25
3/2 Thomas Epps-age 32
3/3 Linda Burnette Dennis-age 70
3/3 Monique Billinger-age 49
3/9 Desean Kearson-age 35
3/9 Charles Rheubottom-age 41
3/11 Aaron Rashad Lee-age 31
3/12 Bryant Timmons-age 26
3/12 Olen Smith, Jr.-age 39
3/12 Marvin Pryor-age 20
3/12 Timonthy Brown Jr.-age 26
3/12 Darian Savoy-age 25
3/12 Jawan Hall-age 26
3/16 Frank Lee Pulliam-age 31
3/18 James Neal-age 34
3/18 John Holt-age 53
3/19 Ryheem Simms-age 26
3/20 Allan Howard-age 22
3/22 Dominic Kennedy-age 33
3/25 Courtney Campbell-age 34
3/25 Edward Garey-age 26
3/26 Braylon Gannon-age 15
2/3 Shanlette Lewis-age33
2/3 Tyrone Thompson-age 44
2/5 Ronald Boone-age 21
2/5 Gregory Nelson-age 42
2/8 Tyree Davis-age 26
2/11 Dominic Dirton-age 35
2/11 Ahmed Artis-age 54
2/12 Terrell Caldwell-age 29
2/14 Quinton Bond-age 29
2/14 Montrell Batteas-age 16
2/16 Tyjuan Tates-age 19
2/16 Robert Parks-age 20
2/21 Marcus Harris-age 43
2/21 Edwarad Johnson-age 35
2/27 Christian Jackson-age 23
2/28 Morris Hood, Jr.-age 33
2/28 Keith Lee Brown, Jr.-age 23
1/1 Desmond Canada-age 16
1/1 Bernard Thomas-age 17
1/5 Andre Dorsey-age 29
1/7 Justin Prestia-age 29
1/9 Robert Harper-age 27
1/9 Eric Rufus-age 44
1/10 Darrian Carr-age 25
1/10 unidentified male
1/10 Brandon Robinson-age 34
1/11 Keye'shawn Wilson-age 17
1/12 Raymond Broadway-age 19
1/12 Elijah Frederick Hall-age 19
1/15 Kavonte Griffin-age 27
1/17 Darron McCoy Jr.-age 23
1/18 Antonio Baynes-age 30
1/19 Tyrone Allen-age 28
1/19 Hassan Smith-age 24
1/19 Dashawn McGrier-age 20
1/19 Shaquille Nangle-age 25
1/20 unidentified male
1/21 Crisster Talbert-age 25
1/22 Arian Porter-age 30
1/22 Kenneth Lawson-age 20
1/22 Christian Williams-age 26
1/22 Jonathan Miller-age 30
1/22 Angelo Parker-age 34
1/24 Cheryl McCormack-age 51
1/24 Chesley Patterson-age 44
1/24 Donte Lee-age 28
1/25 James Blue-age 43
1/27 unidentified male-age 43
1/27 unidentified male
1/30 Clarence Buckner-age 66
1/31 unidentified male-age 44
This is a solicitation for the intercessors and prayer warriors all over the city to begin human prayer chains outside of your sanctuaries and in front of your church buildings. This is an interdenominational petition, understanding that unity and the power of prayer transcends denominations. As believers across Baltimore incline God's ear, the expectation is for God, through this prayer movement, to revolutionize this city. We are committed to being intercessors until we see a change in the crime/homicide rate (preferably to zero).
The suggested strategy employed is likened to that of the Israelites in the Old Testament. It is true that God made them victorious over their adversaries and "delivered" the enemies into their hands. They prayed from the Tabernacle but then girded up, went to the battlefield, and made themselves visible to the adversary. Assembling ourselves to pray is what believers have been doing all along, but strategically changing our position from inside the church to the outside and being visible to evildoers in our communities adds an audiovisual impact to our prayer.