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In November of 2000, Pastor Brooks founded New Beginnings Church of Chicago, an urban, non-denominational Purpose Driven Church in the inner city on Chicago's south side. A visionary leader who is prolific in expository life-application preaching, Pastor Brooks' simple yet profound messages of restoration and reconciliation have attracted over 2500 members. Worshipping in a facility that houses a private Christian school (K-8th), state of the art music/dance studio and a fitness center, Pastor Brooks has become a millennium catalyst for social, spiritual and economic voids in Urban America. With a vision to "Change people from Chicago, America and the World," Pastor Brooks is planting ten churches over the next ten years, with initial plants in Atlanta, GA. 2010 and Charlotte, NC. 2011. Church growth experts recognize New Beginnings Church as one of the fastest growing churches in America. A pastor to pastors, Pastor Brooks has ministered internationally in Asia, Africa, and South America; He also supports missions in Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru and is frequently called upon to teach church planting strategies and leadership development locally and nationally. The International Bible Society recognized Pastor Brooks for successfully leading New Beginnings Church in a community outreach effort to spread the gospel by passing out over 50,000 bibles, with a goal of 1,000,000! Pastor Corey B Brooks Sr. is a graduate of Ball State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and pledged Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. From Ball State, he began his theological education by attending the Dallas Theological Seminary before earning a Master of Arts in Ministry, with an emphasis on Preaching and Christian Education, at Grace Theological Seminary. A devoted husband, Pastor Brooks is married to Delilah Brooks; they are the proud parents of four children: Kirsten, Desmond, Danielle and Corey Jr.
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A pastor, businessman, philanthropist, songwriter, mentor and spiritual coach, Pastor Corey B Brooks Sr. answered his call to the ministry at the age of 19 and received his first pastorship at the age of 23 at Mt. Moriah Church in Richmond, Indiana. At 27, he went on to pastor West Point Church in Chicago, Illinois, demonstrating an electrifying style of preaching and teaching that gave birth to a revolution four years later!
