

‘A block party for Jesus’: Churches take worship to the parking lot
Chesterfield Observer- MAY 05, 2020 BY RICH GRISET Victor and Carmen Torres began their ministry on the rough streets of Richmond, spreading the good news and conducting outreach outside the strip clubs and biker bars of Grace Street in 1971. Nearly 50 years later, they’re back to preaching on the pavement. Standing on a raised platform above a sea of cars in the parking lot of New Life Outreach Church on Turner Road, Victor Torres addresses the ongoing hardships of the pande