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Police Say Pastor Recorded Sexual Misconduct With Young Girl

Audio recordings may help convict a North Texas pastor of sexual misconduct charges involving a girl under the age of 18.

2013/05/02

Fire Heavily Damages Mansfield Church

Flames ripped through a Mansfield church Thursday night, heavily damaging the office building the congregation uses, but causing no injuries.

2013/04/26

A view of the devastation resulting from the April 17 fertilizer plant blast in West, Texas, is seen from a distance through a field of corn on April 20 2013. (credit; Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

Church In West Held In Field, Pastor On Flatbed

With its building blocked off due to a massive fertilizer blast, a church in a rural Texas town is holding Sunday worship in a hayfield.

2013/04/21

The now deceased Derrick Birdow is the suspect in the beating death of Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Danny Kirk Sr. (credit: Tarrant Co. Sheriff's Office)

Forest Hill Pastor’s Killer Died From PCP Ingestion

The man who rammed his car into a Fort Worth area church and beat the pastor to death died of PCP ingestion while in custody, the Tarrant County medical examiner ruled on Tuesday.

2013/02/13

Funeral Held Saturday For Pastor Killed Inside Church

The pastor who was murdered inside his own church was laid to rest Saturday.

2012/11/03

Self-Exile On The Streets Of Dallas

A North Texas youth pastor will live as a homeless person for the next 30 days as part of a quest to find answers about the human spirit.

2012/11/01

Son Of Murdered Pastor Says Father Had No Enemies

The pastor of the Greater Sweethome Missionary Baptist Church died inside the church he founded, fighting off an attacker who beat him with an electric guitar.

CBS 11–2012/10/29

Mugshot of accused murderer Steven Lawayne Nelson. (credit: Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice)

Pastor’s Murderer Sentenced To Death

Steven Nelson, 25, did not react the moment he was sentenced to death by a jury after he was convicted of the murder of Clint Dobson, 28.

CBS 11–2012/10/16

Rev. Clint Dobson, 28, was killed at NorthPointe Baptist Church during a robbery. (credit: NorthPointe Baptist Church)

Testimony Continues In Murdered Arlington Pastor Trial

In Fort Worth, it was the third day of testimony in the Capital Murder trial of Steven Lawayne Nelson. The 25-year-old is accused of murdering Pastor Clint Dobson and critically injuring his ministry assistant, Judy Elliott, last year.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/03

Steven Lawayne Nelson has been accused of killing 28-year-old pastor Clint Dobson at NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. (credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Trial For Man Accused Of Murdering Arlington Pastor Begins

There is extra security at the Tarrant County Courthouse today. A judge wanted additional protection in his courtroom during the trial of a man accused of killing an Arlington Church pastor and severely beating his elderly assistant last year.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/01

46-year-old Melissa Hill who had been reportedly missing since Friday is in the hospital after making contact with her husband Sunday morning.

Search For Missing Pastor’s Wife

The Parker County Sheriff’s Department is searching for the missing wife of a Fort Worth pastor who was last seen Friday night.

2012/08/04

Rev. Jerome McNeil. (Credit: CBSDFW.com)

Congregation Remembers Pastor Who Collapsed, Died After Sermon

It was an exhilarating Sunday service, one congregant recollected. Rev. Jerome McNeil, Senior Pastor of Christian Chapel CME Church, had the rhythm in his tone, and the spirit in his message, during a morning sermon. But it would be the last service of Rev. McNeil’s life.

2012/07/17