Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image taken from video provided by WTVG shows Pastor of Dad's Place Chris Avell, right, sitting inside Bryan Municipal Court ...

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A church in Bryan, Ohio is taking legal action against the city after being charged with violating city ordinances when they opened their doors to homeless people who were looking for shelter. Dad's ...

BRYAN, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - Charges against the pastor who kept the doors of his church open 24 hours a day to anyone in need have been dropped, court filings show. A new filing in Bryan Municipal ...

Ohio pastor Chris Avell is risking it all to follow his conscience and serve his church's mission. Avell, who heads "Dad's Place," a church in Bryan, Ohio, said his ministry had always planned to have ...

A judge has ruled that a northwestern Ohio pastor violated fire codes by running a shelter for those suffering from homelessness. Bryan Municipal Court Judge Kent North issued the ruling Tuesday ...

BRYAN, Ohio — The Bryan, Ohio, pastor who operated his church as a shelter has been found guilty of a criminal misdemeanor, more than a year after a lengthy legal battle with the city began. Chris ...

An Ohio pastor has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges after he was accused of numerous zoning code violations for opening his church to homeless people. Pastor Chris Avell, of Dad's Place in Bryan ...

While our society leaves far too many out in the cold, Rev. Chris Avell of Dad's Place in tiny Bryan, Ohio in 53 miles southwest of Toledo finds himself in legal hot water. The pastor's supposed crime ...