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After seeing the needs in his community, Pastor Chris Avell made the decision to keep the doors of his church open 24/7.\xa0\n\u201cWe're called to reach the lost 24/7,\u201d Avell says, adding that this includes the \u201cthe hurting, the broken, the least of these.\u201d\xa0\nPastor Chris Avell opened the doors of his church, called Dad\u2019s Place in Bryan, Ohio, to the needy in the community so they know they have a place to find help 24/7. Dad's Place\xa0is \u201ca place they can come if they're weary and burdened and find rest and true rest for their souls,\u201d the pastor says.\xa0\nSome people in the community, whether those struggling with mental health, addiction, or with physical needs, began frequenting the church and even sleeping there if they needed a place to stay. But several months after the church opened its doors wide with round the clock help for the needy, the city told Avell he had to stop.\xa0\n\u201cAccording to the city,\u201d First Liberty attorney Jeremy Dys explains, \u201cDad's Place has converted itself from being a church and into a homeless shelter, which they believe is a change of use from the approval that the city had previously given for them to be a church. Well, of course, that's not true,\u201d Dys says.\xa0\n\u201cThis is a church and they're doing church things,\u201d Dys says of Dad's Place, adding that churches throughout history have kept their doors open 24 hours a day in order to fulfill the Biblical mandate to serve the needly.\xa0\nAvell, along with Dys, join \u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\u201d to explain how he is fighting to continue doing the work he and the congregation at Dad\u2019s Place feel called by God to do.\nEnjoy the show!\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.