'Rooftop Pastor' Back At Chicago Church After Cross-Country Walk

'Rooftop Pastor' Back Home After Cross-Country Walk
In this photo taken, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, Rev. Corey Brooks sits in a tent where he is living atop an old drug and prostitution motel in one of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods. Brooks is occupying the roof with the hope to raise $450,000 to purchase the motel and use it as an education center to fight crime and gangs. He has been up there for 17 days thus far and says he is staying until the funds are raised. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
In this photo taken, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, Rev. Corey Brooks sits in a tent where he is living atop an old drug and prostitution motel in one of Chicago's toughest neighborhoods. Brooks is occupying the roof with the hope to raise $450,000 to purchase the motel and use it as an education center to fight crime and gangs. He has been up there for 17 days thus far and says he is staying until the funds are raised. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)

Now that his cross-country journey is over, the man known as Chicago's 'rooftop pastor' was back home with his South Side congregation Sunday.

Corey Brooks, pastor of the New Beginnings Church, walked coast-to-coast over the summer to raise money for a community center to help end violence.

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