Atlanta-area pastors split on when to go home; 1 lives, 1 dies
January 31, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
They’d just finished a religious conference in Florida on Saturday night and debated when they and their accompanying parishoners would return home.
Senior pastor Arao Amazonas said he wanted to wait until the next morning to leave. But pastor Jose Carmo Jr. wanted to be back in time for the suburban Atlanta church’s Sunday morning service and led two vans up Interstate 75 toward Georgia. Continue Reading
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