{"id":262,"date":"2020-07-03T00:25:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2022-07-12T21:16:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T21:16:40","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/?page_id=262","title":{"rendered":"Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ministry of Spiritual Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" width=\"708\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/noirockford.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/yahcolyah.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption><strong>The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and Student Minister Yahcolyah Muhammad of the Rockford Study Group<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This Ministry bears responsibility for assisting the individual member of the community in the process of heeding truth and right guidance.\u00a0\u00a0 Respect, honor and obedience to the Authority of\u00a0 the Creator in all aspects of life are essential to peace, harmony, freedom, justice and equality.\u00a0 In the words of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan: \u201c\u2026Self-development is an absolutely essential component of this microcosm of the new world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It is not enough that we grow horizontally through the acquisition of farms, factories, banks, industry, trade, commerce, money, good homes\u2026horizontal growth alone is death.&nbsp; All dead things are on a horizontal level.&nbsp; Therefore, we must grow vertically:&nbsp; grow in uprightness, or we will be overcome by our horizontal growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The foundation of this ministry are study and training units, \u201c\u2026designed on the Guidance of Allah(God) to produce: self-examination; self-analysis; self-correction and to quicken in each of us, the self-accusing Spirit. For it is only when we are awakened morally that we have to face the self-accusing spirit that leads to our resurrection.\u201d (see, Letter of Introduction : Self-Improvement: the Basis for Community Development, December 12, 1986.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>We look forward to serving you as we invite you to join your Nation of Islam! It&#8217;s time to rebuild and to make our neighborhoods into safe and decent places to live.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>e-mail questions to: Rockfordnoistudygroup@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MGT &amp; GCC (Vanguard Commercial)\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ctYQ0KQ1nLk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Join the Sisterhood: MGT\/GCC<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"F.O.I Commercial\" width=\"930\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_LaA2YmUzgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Join the Brotherhood: FOI<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ministry of Spiritual Development This Ministry bears responsibility for assisting the individual member of the community in the process of heeding truth &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/2131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noirockford.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}