Photos: Rock Church

Former SAn DIego Charger Miles McPherson is the founder and senior pastor at the Rock Church in San Diego.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

The faithful start lining up early to file into the Rock Church in San Diego for Sunday services.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Pastor Miles McPherson speaks at the Rock Church in San Diego, whose goal, he said, is to “just do something about the pain and brokenness of the world.”  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

The congregation at the Tock Church awaits the arrival of founder and pastor Miles McPherson.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Former pro football player Miles McPherson is the minister at the evangelical Rock Church in San Diego. He has written: “Look around you. We’re facing economic chaos, endless wars, AIDS, famine, ecological ruin, political corruption -- the list is endless. Your neighbors are in desperate need of love and a helping hand.”  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Pastor Miles McPherson, left, prays with Greg Hendricks after a service at the Rock Church.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Miles McPherson shakes hands with his parishioners after Sunday morning services.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Church members Shawn Wagner and Steve Daigle meet with a group of people gathering at a corner in San Diego, handing them books and later saying a quiet prayer together.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Steve Daigle puts his arm around a man at the corner of 38th and Market in San Diego and says a prayer with him.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Shawn Wagner’s sunglasses reflect Steve Daigle, left, and Raymond Barron. The three Rock Church members were doing an outreach ministry with gangs in San Diego.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Steve Daigle holds the hands of two men at the corner of 38th and Market in San Diego and leads them in a group prayer.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)