Bishop Robert C. Blakes Sr. Dies After Nearly 50 Years of Ministry
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Bishop Robert C. Blakes Sr. Dies After Nearly 50 Years of Ministry

Bishop Robert C. Blakes, Sr., pastor and founder of New Home Ministries, died last week of congestive heart failure. He was 74. Bishop Blakes, better known as “Prophet,” presided over a congregation that grew to what New Home Ministries called “a family of churches” in the New Orleans area, Baton Rouge, Hammond and Houston. The...