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24 hour prayer wall comes to an end
Posted: 07.07.2010 at 8:53 PM
Updated: 07.08.2010 at 6:00 AM
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Gethsemane Prayer Wall ends

ALBANY, GA. -- The Prayer Wall ended its 24 hour run at the Gethsemane Worship Center on Wednesday.

Frederick Williams, the pastor of the Gethsemane Worship Center, is also the chairman of Stop the Violence.

"We figured if we could come together and pray and build a wall of prayer," said Williams. "that we could start deterring crime."

Williams said that so far, nearly 300 people have visited the wall and left prayer requests.

Williams' sister was murdered in her home in 2009.

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