Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jean-Michel Gisnel cries out while praying with other congregants at the First Haitian Evangelical Church of ...

Bryan Municipal Court Judge Kent North issued the ruling Tuesday against Pastor Chris Avell, confirming that Dad's Place, a church in Bryan, Ohio, about 65 miles southwest of Toledo, violated the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Since March 2023, Pastor Chris Avell has kept the doors of Dad’s Place Church in Bryan, Ohio open 24/7 for ...

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BRYAN, Ohio — A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless people and ...

An Ohio pastor has been found guilty of a fire code violation and could face as much as two months in jail for keeping his church open all day so that local homeless could shelter there. Pastor Chris ...

The back entrance to Dad's Place Church is shown, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Bryan, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) ...

Judge Finds Ohio Pastor Guilty of Violating Fire Code While Church Operated as a Temporary Shelter A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to ...