Assignment Reporter: Hayley Drinkall
Additional commentary by Lydia Marie
Tru. Magazine, United Kingdom
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sk Bishop Robert C. Blakes Jr. or Bishop Samuel R. Blakes what one of the best pieces
of advice given to them during this lifetime is
and they would probably quote their own father
Robert Blakes Sr., with a statement like; “Winners never quit and quitters never win”. This is
the philosophy they each have lived by since they
were young and watching their father build from
the ground up what is today known worldwide as,
New Home Ministries.
First established in 1918 in New Orleans, Louisiana NHM has come quite a long way from its
modest beginnings in New Orleans east.
What soon became the second location of the
flourishing ministry is now known as R. C.
Blakes Sr. Prayer Chapel. This powerful and life
changing sanctuary became a prominent home
of worship and withstood total devastation after
Hurricane Katrina. The Blakes brothers rebuilt
the chapel one brick at a time and it continues
to go forward as a true testament to th H