“You have to have perseverance and patience, you've got to be there to help people.” – Bishop Vaughn DeVaughn, Holy Ground Apostolic Faith Church
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together and he was instrumental in helping me keep it alive as a nonpro t, even when there were no services or revenues being generated.” Looking back at his childhood, DeVaughn remembers that he, his sister and their other siblings experienced hardship growing up, living in several ghetto areas in northern New Jersey, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. In 1970, their parents separated and his father took custody of him, Eva and their six siblings. DeVaughn is the grandson of a preacher, “so the spiritual side has been in our family for a long time. My father always raised us to be seeking God, made sure we said our prayers, and had respect for people.” Faced with a lack of employment opportunities as a young man, DeVaughn “hustled on the street, making money on the fringe, by gambling, selling drugs. If you couldn't get a job you had to hustle” to survive.
Everyone has a gift, Bishop Vaughn E. DeVaughn says, and some people are blessed to discover those gifts. DeVaughn, who is Bishop of the Holy Ground Apostolic Faith Church in West Baltimore, is grateful to have discovered his own gift for spreading the Gospel. DeVaughn, the older brother of DeVaughn Intervention founder and Executive Director Eva DeVaughn, is vice president of the DeVaughn Intervention board of directors, and was an early supporter of the organization.
“She was the visionary,” he recalls. “I provided the spiritual perspective.”
Eva DeVaughn says her brother’s early assistance with DeVaughn Intervention was invaluable. “I couldn't have done it without him. We started the nonpro t
“We don't push people toward the spiritual, but we let them know it's available.” – Bishop Vaughn DeVaughn, Holy Ground Apostolic Faith Church
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