Reverend Harry Blake is a leader in community renewal. Reverend Blake is Pastor of the Mount Canaan Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA and President of the Louisiana Missionary Baptist State Convention, the oldest Baptist organization with more than 450-member churches across Louisiana. Reverend Blake has also served as the Dean of the Congress of Christian Education and Chairman of the Evangelical Board for the Louisiana Missionary Baptist State Convention and was elected General Secretary of the National Baptist Convention.

Reverend Blake has led Mount Canaan in establishing a model prayer service that has been emulated throughout the nation. He is also responsible for community improvement projects such as: Canaan Village Apartments, Canaan Towers, Project Uplift House, and the Mount Canaan Baptist Church and Family Life Center.