DURHAM, N.C.--Pastor Alma Grace McCauley organizes a war with prayer. She leads monthly troops of prayer warriors into battle in high-crime areas of the city. Her efforts are a brand of prayer missionary work, according to The Herald Sun.

She has been working with the public prayers for about four years, convinced that the church is more than the space inside four walls.

McCauley pastors the Father Son Holiness Church. When she experienced difficulty bringing in new members she brought the church out into the neighborhood.

"We want our neighborhood to be safe for our elderly and children, for all of us. And I found out we could not get people inside the building, so my ministry is to go out to them and to talk to them and let them know that htings can be better, if we would just learn to come together to live together and pray together," McCauley said.

McCauley said she has been surprised by the interest young people have taken in the prayer vigils. She said young people stopped playing basketball and sat down to pray with the group and talk about God. "The response has been great," McCauley said. "That's what keeps me encouraged to go. I meet up with all kinds of young people."

McCauley, 59, founded her church in 1997. She has lived in Durham since 1979. Her husband and 9-year-old son drowned in 1970, and her 27-year-old son died of a heart attack while playing basketball the same year she started the church.