On Christmas Eve morning, Pastor Robert Mays sat alone in front of his church's piano and played a battle hymn.

Although he didn't know it was a battle hymn at the time, he knew he was at war.

"This church is in what I call a spiritual war zone," he said. "There are drugs, drug dealers and drug abusers all around me."

Mays was ready to take another step in his plan to win back his community.

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