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.

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 ...