City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joins “In Focus” to discuss the power of gospel music and growing up in the Greater Allen A.M.E Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens.

In 1976, the husband and wife team of former congressman Rev. Floyd Flake and Rev. Dr. Elaine Flake assumed leadership of the mega-church, transforming the surrounding community.Some 46 years later, the cathedral now boasts more than 20,000 members.

Adams talks about her start at the church and how she discovered her love for singing. Rev. Dr. Elaine Flake discusses the importance of gospel music and how her church benefits the surrounding community.