Called By Christ To Be ONE: Church Sues To Protect Homeless Ministry After City Threatens Charges

Heaven Is Our Destination Where We Will Be ONE With The Lord Forever

Today, we are in The Season Of The Last Generation. The Birth Pains that Christ Jesus spoke about are currently under way, including natural and unnatural disasters. They will be ever increasing. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold. Social, economic and political turmoil will be ever increasing, causing people's hearts to be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life. An apostasy within the Church of God is currently under way. This will all reach a climax with Satan revealing his Antichrist and requiring that everyone worship him; That every one receive his "mark" in order to buy or sell; The new currency of the New World Order, the New Tower of Babel.

Today, it is critical that those who have a heart for God are aware of what God is doing and speaking today. God is opening up His Word like never before in preparation for The Time Of The END. I exhort you to open up your heart and your eyes to see what He is doing and your ears to hear what God is speaking at this time. My prayer is that we will be able to stand before the Son of Man at His appearing, without fault and with great joy. I encourage you to read David Wilkerson's book, America's Last Call at davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com. Also, Google, Tommy Hicks Prophecy, 1961 for a view of the End Times.

Tom's books include: Called By Christ To Be ONE, The Time Of The END, The Season Of The Last Generation, Worship God In Spirit And In Truth, Daniel And The Time Of The END, and Overcoming The Evil One. They are available at amazon.com. They can also be read without cost by clicking on link: Toms Books.

To receive Christ Jesus as a child by faith is the highest human achievement.

Today, the Bride Of Christ is rising up in every nation in the world! Giving Glory to Her Savior and King, Christ Jesus!

Today, the world is Raging against God, Rushing toward Oblivion! Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation!

Today, America is being ground to powder because of it's SIN against God!

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Church Sues To Protect Homeless Ministry After City Threatens Charges

By Kate Anderson

Daily Caller News Foundation

Officials 'falsely implied' shelter was a 'hotbed of criminal activity'

A church in Ohio filed a lawsuit against city officials Monday, alleging that they were unlawfully targeting their faith-based homeless ministry, according to the complaint.

Dad’s Place, a Christian church in Bryan, Ohio, expanded its ministry in March 2023 by keeping its doors open 24 hours a day, caring for homeless individuals’ “spiritual and physical needs” until the city sent a letter in November, demanding the church stop its homeless outreach, according to the complaint.

The city argued that the church was in violation of its zoning laws by allowing anyone to spend the night in the building, but after attempts by the ministry to reconcile the issue were allegedly met with silence, the church filed suit, citing First and 14th Amendment violations.

In a press release on Friday, the city claimed the church had violated zoning codes that did not allow “residential use” of buildings in the area and over a dozen fire codes. The city also said that the police department had been asked to respond on multiple occasions to calls of “criminal mischief, trespassing, overdose… and sexual assault.”

The church argues in the complaint, however, that it had partnered with the city’s police department to bring people to the shelter as a “temporary place to stay,” and one woman who was residing at the church allegedly told city officials that the department recommended for her to go to Dad’s Place. The lawsuit also noted that often if anyone had to be removed from the property it was individuals who had been sent by the department.

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The church also stated that its calls to Mayor Carrie Schlade’s office about the situation were left unanswered, and that after asking about other zoning options to apply for, they were told that the city would not approve the permits, according to the complaint.

The police department then issued a notice on Jan. 16, requiring all issues to be resolved in seven days, or criminal charges would be filed against the church’s pastor, Chris Avell.

Are ministries helping the homeless being targeted by city officials?

The church argued that several of the problems required “approval from the state of Ohio” and could not be completed in such a short time frame, according to the complaint.

The lawsuit further claims that the city’s press release several days later on Jan. 19 “falsely implied” that the shelter was a “hotbed of criminal activity.”

“Churches throughout history have been a shelter for anyone seeking a place of safety, and Dad’s Place is no exception,” Philip Williamson of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, one of the firms representing the church, said in a press release. “Ohio and federal law alike protect vital ministries like Dad’s Place, and we look forward to defending those rights.”

The city did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

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