Family and friends are seeking help to find a missing 53-year-old reverend, Warren Beard, who is the assistant pastor at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church.
Beard was last seen around 9 p.m. last Tuesday in the 400 block of North Broadway Street in Joliet. He is also the Midwest regional director of facilities for the Preservation of Affordable Housing.
His family and church leaders held a news conference Monday morning at New Israelite Missionary Baptist Church on the South Side to provide an update on his disappearance. Beard is from the 300 block of E. 89th St. in Chicago and drives a black Honda HR-V with Illinois tag DY20511.
If you have any information, please get in touch with the Chicago Police Area Two SVU at 312-747-8274 or call 911.
ABC 7 Chicago contributed to this report.