PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Christopher Hayes, a 46-year-old realtor, youth lacrosse coach, and church deacon, has been arrested ...
Pastor Stricjavvar Strickland and Deacon Armond Barnes have been charged with embezzlement of nearly $90,000 in church funds ...
One morning in October of 2023, Miami police were called to remove a “squatter” who had, or so the ecclesiastical complainants claimed, taken up illegal residence in one of South Florida’s oldest ...
A Mount Olive church pastor and a church deacon face charges of embezzling thousands of dollars from their Galilee Missionary ...
The pastor of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, Stricjavvar Strickland and Deacon Armond Barnes were charged with one count ...
One of them, Stephen, goes forth preaching and performing miracles, whereupon he is stoned to death, becoming the Church’s first martyr. The deacons were highly regarded by the Church Fathers ...
In August 2023, Atlanta church deacon Johnny Hollman died when an Atlanta police officer Tased him after he refused to sign a traffic ticket. Five months after Hollman’s death, Georgia lawmakers ...