Don’s first pastorate where he has served since August 1994. Lakeshore Baptist Church, in Lakeshore MS, is Bro. He and his wife Courtney have two children, Zachary (b. 16 and booked with six counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13. was born in Baton Rouge, LA, January 24, 1969. Race, nationality, and background do not matter. Andrew Smith, 21, of Kenner, was arrested Jan. I love the interaction and relationships among the people-love how walls continue to come down.
Nowadays, whenever I think of Citywide, I think of the great multitude worshipping Jesus in Revelation 7:9 ".there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, people, tribe, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb." It is a beautiful picture of what God's family looks like. People from Hawaii, the mainland, and various nations worship Jesus and study the Bible together.
There is a sense of excitement as we see God move through our church and as we anticipate further growth.Ĭitywide is becoming a multi-cultural and multi-nation church. This past Sunday night, we had over 40 people. Chenchen got involved with our church life, made things happen, and invited people.īefore Chenchen came this spring, we averaged 7-8 people. She was the person of peace we prayed for.Ĭhenchen's passion for Citywide was very contagious. Eventually, she ended up at The Gathering Citywide.Įarly on, it became apparent that God sent Chenchen-she was an answer to prayer. Before that, he served as an associate pastor and minister of students at the church for nearly six years.Īnyone with information related to the investigation is being urged to contact the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office directly at (336) 727-2112 anonymously text information, photos, and video via Text-A-Tip at 33 or anonymously call Crimestoppers at (336) 727-2800 for English or (336) 728-3904 for Spanish.For several weeks, Chenchen diligently prayed and searched for the church God was directing her to.
Information cited by the News and Record before the church’s website was disabled said Welch became their lead pastor in February 2020. Some on Facebook reminded commenters that Welch, who is married with four children, is innocent until proven guilty. Nothing new has been shared on the page since Tuesday, despite calls from concerned members of the public and church community calling for the church to address the charge. While the church’s website has been disabled, social media accounts for the church, including its Facebook page, remain live. A recorded message from First Baptist Church of Stanleyville still names him as their lead pastor. Officials at the center confirmed with The Christian Post on Thursday morning that the pastor was released on bond Wednesday and he is scheduled to appear in court on May 13.Ĭalls made to both the church and Welch’s home went unanswered Thursday. Welch was detained at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center with a secured bond of $50,000. Second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor occurs when someone "knowingly records, photographs, films, develops, or duplicates material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity or distributes, transports, exhibits, receives, sells, purchases, exchanges, or solicits material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity," the statement added.Īccording to an arrest warrant, material showing a man raping a nude girl, who's believed to be between the ages of 10 and 12, was allegedly copied by Welch, the Greensboro News and Record reports. After completing a search warrant at the residence in Tobaccoville, we arrested and charged T Elliott Welch, a 34-year-old white male with one (1) count of Second Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor,” police noted in a statement. “We recently received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an individual was uploading child pornography to the internet. The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday evening that they arrested Welch, 34, after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Elliott Welch, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Stanleyville, North Carolina, for allegedly possessing child pornography, the church has yet to respond publicly to the allegations against their spiritual leader. Among recent events, a woman has been arrested twice on suspicion of. Elliott Welch, 34, is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Stanleyville, N.C. Andrew Shiira, once the director of worship planning at Lake Shore Church was getting ready to graduate from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary on. Im the usage of Shiira Step two visitor, properly headlines proceeding group once.
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