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 guilty.

BRYAN, Ohio (WTVG) - The local pastor criminally charged for letting people sleep in his church overnight while violating safety codes was found guilty on Tuesday. Judge Kent North ruled that Dad ...

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 ...

An Ohio pastor has been found guilty of violating the fire code after running a homeless shelter out a church in Bryan, Ohio.

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 ...