For the past year, the Rev. Chris Avell and city officials have been battling over the pastor’s efforts to serve the homeless community.
More than a year after the city first ordered Dad's Place to cease operations as a shelter, the church's pastor was found ...
Judge Kent North ruled that Dad’s Place pastor, Chris Avell, is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of violating fire codes.
A pastor in Ohio has been criminally charged for violating safety codes while letting people sleep in his church overnight.
An Ohio pastor has been found guilty of violating the fire code after running a homeless shelter out a church in Bryan, Ohio.
BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — A judge in northwest Ohio found a Bryan pastor guilty on criminal charges Tuesday for failing to comply with the city fire code after he opened his church to let homeless ...
BRYAN, Ohio (AP) — For more than a year ... odds with an Ohio city over the building housing his ministry. On Tuesday, a city ...
Pastor Chris Avell, who runs a church that stays open 24/7 to help homeless people, has been in conflict with the city of ...
A judge has ruled that a northwestern Ohio pastor violated fire codes by running ... said in the news release that pastors in America should not be found guilty of providing shelters for those ...
The back entrance to Dad's Place Church is shown, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Bryan, Ohio. (AP Photo/Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos) A judge in northwestern Ohio found a pastor guilty on criminal charges ...