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Prayers and a search for healing at nearby church after North Philly standoff

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What church at Zion Baptist feels like in North Philadelphia the Sunday after a gunman and police had a standoff two blocks away.

Joshua R Williams looks at his brother, Caleb C Williams, during worship at Zion Baptist Church at 3600 N Broad Street in North Philadelphia Sunday, August 18, 2019. The congregation gathered Sunday morning only two blocks from the site of a standoff between police and a gunman on the 3700 block of N 15th St. Wednesday evening.
Joshua R Williams looks at his brother, Caleb C Williams, during worship at Zion Baptist Church at 3600 N Broad Street in North Philadelphia Sunday, August 18, 2019. The congregation gathered Sunday morning only two blocks from the site of a standoff between police and a gunman on the 3700 block of N 15th St. Wednesday evening.Read moreMARGO REED / Staff Photographer
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