(sirens)

- [Newscaster] Just after midnight Sunday

on Chicago's West Side,

two men shot at a crowdduring a block party.

- [Charlene] Rising temperaturescontribute to hot tempers.

- [Newscaster] Police sayfrom 10 Saturday morning

to 10 Sunday morningat least 34 were shot,

including 5 killed.

- [Charlene] And the windycity has become anything

but relaxing.

- These shootings are not random.

They are fueled by gang conflict.

- [Charlene] The mayor andothers calling for healing.

I am here in the heart of Chicago,

on Martin Luther King Jr Drive,

also known as murder drive.

Believers here are joiningtogether to win people

to Jesus Christ, one block at a time.

40 days of outreach, called Jesus Summer,

began on a rain day.

Very appropriate given thetears shed in this city

due to deadly gun violence.

- Let the spirit of violencebe bound in this city

and let the spirit of peacebe loose in this city!

We declare peace on Allston Street!

We declare peace in this city,

in the name of Jesus Christ,the son of the living God!

- [Charlene] Prayers turned into action

as believers across denominational lines

hit the streets in ministry opportunities,

such as feeding thehomeless, street evangelism,

a tent revival, and events for kids.

- This is one of the roughestneighborhoods there are

in Chicago.

- [Charlene] Pastor DimasSalaberrios is from New York,

but helped to spearhead thecity's Jesus Summer project.

- We're empowering the churcheswith millions of dollars

worth of merchandise to makesure that we can try to hit

every home in Chicago with the gospel.

So that's the mission,

and there's multiple events happening.

- [Charlene] A former drug dealer,

Salaberrios is fastinguntil there are no shootings

in Chicago for at least a week.

His prayers center onthose behind the violence.

- Life over him, and itis in Jesus name I pray.

Amen.

I used to be a kingpin drug dealer man,

I sold drugs almost all my life.

- [Charlene] He recentlyshared the gospel with

local gang members.

- When you reach the shooters,and the shooting stops,

that brings peace.

- [Charlene] While ministry here is hard,

Salaberrios has seen breakthroughs,

such as the result of prayingwith angry protestors,

following the death of a Blackman at the hands of police.

- We just started to pray for people,

we started to target people

that we saw that werereally upset or were angry,

we said can we pray for you?

We watched God's peaceliterally come over them.

- [Charlene] Chicago nativeDonovan Price connected

with Pastor Salaberrioswhen he arrived in the city.

As a victim's advocate, hesees the violence and its

impact up close.

- About 20 minutes aftershots fired I arrive.

When the family arrives,I support the family,

help them through thisthree or four hour process

at the scene.

- Sometimes you can't always say a prayer

or follow scripture.

Sometimes it's about loving and comforting

and having that feel, thatpresence around somebody,

that they know that the HolySpirit is taking care of them.

They know that God is there.

- [Charlene] Our camerasfollowed Salaberrios

and several ministry partnersas they shared the gospel.

- A lot of people watch theshow and I know it was strange

to see me here and I wasa little out of place,

wondering what I'm doing walking around.

Yeah, we just told them we'rehere 'cause we love them

and just wanted to hug onthem and try to show Jesus

through our lives.

- [Charlene] Many responded.

- A young lady was walkingacross the street in front of

the apartments behindus known as projects.

You know, that's what we refer to them as.

We stopped her and she admittedthat she needed prayer,

and as we continued totalk, she admitted, I asked,

"Did you know Jesus is your savior?"

And she said no,

and I was like, "Can today be your day?

"You don't have to be perfect."

And she was just so brokenand she just said yes.

And so we ministered toher and prayed for her

and then her son also accepted Christ.

- [Charlene] Although theshootings keep happening,

and Jesus Summer ends August 26th,

Salaberrios will keeppushing for a lasting change.

- We're committed to goas long as we possibly can

to draw attention to this,

to get more Christians tocome out, walk these streets,

'cause it's only about 1500 shooters,

and if we can concentrate on that group,

we can change the city of Chicago.

- [Charlene] CharleneAaron, CBN News Chicago.