Pastor Brooks scores $8 million private donation to combat Chicago crime, encourage economic opportunity – FOX News
As part of Brooks’ fundraising campaign, the pastor lived on a roof for the better part of a year. The effort was originally supposed to last 100 days — including through Chicago’s bitter winter — but it ended up persisting for 345 days as Brooks fought to reach the $30 million goal. There, he conducted daily sermons his Rooftop Revelations.