The Congregation

The Congregation (also known as The Family) is a powerful, multi-region, multigenerational crime syndicate centered around a criminal dynasty.

This group is sometimes known as the Akron Pro Bowling League is responsible for much of The Summit's criminal activities: drug trafficking, extortion, murder for hire, burglary, gambling. prostitution, and a myriad of other crimes. They have high level political contacts, and are deeply embedded in the city's unions and infrastructure. Parsons and his wife control the organization through four major factions

The Parsons
Consisting of the Parson family, including cousins and in-laws. Generally occupy positions of leadership.

Deuce Crew
A network of hitmen and enforcers responsible for warfare, assassination, and punitive actions against other orgs, also known as the Boomers due to the preponderance of older and still active hitmen from the gangs formative eras,

Summit High aka So Hood
A large street gang that has its origins in a 50's social club called the Silent Heroes, the modern incarnations of this gang are named for the high-school where the current era of the gang began

House Diner Crew
Known within some circles of the gang as Conditioner or Chef's, or the House, House Diner takes it's namesake from a diner where many of the gangs associated confidence men, hustlers, pimps, lawyers, corrupt LE, and drug kingpins gather and operate.

The House is managed by Eddie "Sweet Tooth" Hawkins, a gambler, pimp, con man, singer, night club chef turned mob chauffeur and later hitman, fixer. A friend of Parsons from their earliest days, he eventually transitioned from the Pastor's mob go between to lieutenant, taking his crew of mafia associates with him and continuing to run the crew in the same vein with himself acting as caporegime.

The Ushers
Responsible for gang discipline, intelligence, Parson's personal security and operations.

Groomed from the ranks of the most efficient, shrewd, and loyal new members. Trained and headquartered at a compound on 340 acres of land known as The Camp, the Frontier, or Summer Camp. The Ushers are trained and organized by Herbert "Hefty" Nolan, and his lieutenant/protege Matt “Chevy” Robinson. Field leaders, are said to be Preston Mayfield and Darren Greggs.

Members spend 13 weeks in intensive training starting with the groups goals, rules, and values, moving onto intense physical conditioning (which continues throughout), marksmanship (each member is given an FNP90 and a SIG, and they are trained with AKM rifles, Benelli M3 shotguns, HK21light machine guns, and AS50 rifles as well as various explosives), field training, intensive executive level protection operations, counter terror, and other skills typically associated with special operations.

Organizational structure
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