Stories tagged with: michael crawford

• Baltimore pastor addresses city's brokenness

  by Shannon Baker, posted Tuesday, May 05, 2015 (5 years ago)

  

  BALTIMORE, Md. (BP) -- Michael Crawford, pastor of Baltimore's Freedom Church, recalled the day he truly understood why Baltimore was such a tough environment to do ministry.

  He was watching his 13-year-old son Ezra, who attends one of the best schools in the city, play soccer against a rival Baltimore inner-city school. Read More

• Baltimore pastor: Satan can't have city

  by Shannon Baker, posted Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (5 years ago)

  

  BALTIMORE, Md. (BP) -- Michael Crawford was standing in line to board an airplane when he saw the breaking news of Baltimore's riots on the airport television. Immediately, he went to the flight counter and told the attendant that he couldn't board the plane.

  Instead of going to a church planting conference in Florida, the pastor of Baltimore's Freedom Church knew God was calling him to stay in Baltimore -- and pray. Read More