Religious Freedom or Safety Concern? The Dad’s Place Church Shelter Debate

We look at an update in the case of Dad's Place church in Bryan Ohio where the pastor is ignoring the city by running a homeless shelter in the church. Should religion trump health and safety regulations and why is the Ohio At

https://glasscityhumanist.show/2025/religious-freedom-or-safety-concern-the-dads-place-church-shelter-debate/

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Compassion Collides with City Laws in the Case of Dad’s Place

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Bruce Gerencser

Bruce Gerencser pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruc

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As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter | Opinion

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I’ve always wondered why more churches don’t open doors to the unhoused ... Maybe more don't because of cases like the Ohio pastor, who opened his church doors because the homeless shelters were packed, only to be issued 18 zoning law violations related to keeping his church open to people..."

https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2024/01/16/ohio-pastor-charged-homeless-opening-milwaukee-cold-deaths-wind-chill/72236928007/

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