A Christian church in Ohio has filed a federal lawsuit after its pastor, Chris Avell, faced 18 criminal charges for violating city ordinances. The charges allege zoning violations, lack of proper ...

Chris Avell, the pastor of Dad’s Place church in Bryan, Ohio, argues that city officials are trying to stifle him from exercising his religious beliefs by preventing him from housing those in ...

A church in Ohio, whose pastor was criminally charged for allowing unhoused people to sleep at the church, has filed a federal lawsuit on the grounds of religious discrimination. Dad's Place is ...

By TIM McDONOUGH @cnmcdonough mcdonough@crescent-news.com May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 0 ...