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Photo gallery: Community comes together to pray at Engel Stadium

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Johnson, center, prays during his turn with the microphone at a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings. — New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Johnson, center, prays during his turn with the microphone at a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings. New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Johnson, center, prays during his turn with the microphone at a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

By C.B. Schmelter August 24, 2017 1 min read

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Prayer event at Engel Stadium

Redemption to the Nations Church Pastor Kevin Wallace, center, sings during a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

Krystal Wyatt, left, helps light Stephen Greenlee's candle during a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

Cynthia Adams, wife of Olivet Baptist Church Bishop Kevin Adams, sings "This Little Light of Mine" during a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

Theresa Biggs, from Abba's House church, prays during her turn with the microphone at a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

People gather on the field during a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Wayne Johnson, center, prays during his turn with the microphone at a community-wide prayer event at Historic Engel Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.

Members of various churches in the Chattanooga area gathered to pray amid rising racial tensions, threats of war abroad and local shootings.