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The former pastor of a local church is in Benton County Jail accused of multiple counts of sexual assault, some of which may have occurred at the church.

A lightning strike to an Arkadelphia church set it on fire Thursday morning. Witnesses report flames shooting 15 feet up into the air.

For those who couldn't make it to church for Ash Wednesday, ashes and blessings came to the people.

A flock of flamingos stolen from a church youth group has been returned anonymously overnight.

Local churches are trying to offer a place of solace and comfort to those grieving.

Sunday, the Family Church in Bryant celebrated the progress it has made since fire burned its youth center in September. The senior pastor tells us that despite the setback, the youth group has not skipped a beat.

Monday, state leaders get back to work on new laws that could impact your life. Two big ones on the agenda this week: carrying guns in church and taking drug tests before getting unemployment benefits.

The Bryant Fire Department tells FOX16 lightning started a fire that burned the Family Church TNT building Saturday night.

Sunday, members of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church in North Little Rock celebrated service in their new sanctuary. A tornado destroyed their original sanctuary, built a century ago, in April of last year.

Sunday, a Little Rock church completed a journey more than six years in the making.

Sunday, members of Riverview Church and New Horizon A.M.E. Church in North Little Rock played Santa.

Two years ago, one of Arkansas' most respected preachers, Bishop Steven Arnold, hit rock bottom - because of an affair with the wife of a young couple he counseled at church.

Getting into an MMA cage takes a lot of courage, but Saturday night's event was about much more than just having enough faith in yourself.

The new Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church has four walls and roof, but nothing more.

You don't have to look far to find incidents of violence in churches. A Cross County jury convicted a man last month for beating an elderly woman to death inside a church. Now area pastors are working on fighting back to try and protect their church members.

The former pastor of the First Pentecostal Church of Jonesboro was sentenced to 33 months in prison for bank fraud and failure to pay payroll tax.

Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church turns one hundred years old.

Sunday, instead of going to church, members of Cornerstone Bible Fellowship Church in Sherwood became the church.

The church stood for more than 150 years, a century and a half.

The fire that burned down the Family Church in Bryant was caused by lightning, according to Bryant Fire Chief JP Jordan.

Lighthouse Baptist Church in Benton faced uncertainty a year-and-a-half ago when its membership shrunk to four. Today, the church has nearly ten times the followers it had back then thanks to a recruitment campaign to get younger people to join.

Firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze that fully engulfed the fellowship hall and administrative building at Family Church.

Fellowship North Church members took their mission to the streets by helping to create a new urban farm to feed the hungry.

Church members at Crosswalk Family of God are rejoicing that two of their fellow congregation members are safe after jumping from the cruise ship that wrecked off the coast of Italy.

Three churches in Lonoke County were vandalized last Saturday. All three churches are located along Highway 31 and had their windows or glass doors smashed.

It has become an annual tradition.

Pastor says Easter is a time many congregations experience an influx of members and visitors. So today is a good day to recruit members for church and the ballot box.

A nearly two-year battle between a North Little Rock church and nine-hundred neighbors is over.

Saturday, Apostolic Church of North Little Rock hosted an event geared towards spiritual renewal.

To celebrate its 100th birthday, the First Assembly of God Church plans to give away $100,000 in grants to Central Arkansas service organizations.

In an effort to prevent members of the Westboro Baptist Church from protesting at the funeral of Razorback football player Garrett Uekman, an Arkansas radio station has offered the group time on their airwaves.

More than 2,000 students joined together in Hot Springs Wednesday night for “Fields of Faith,” a Christian-based outreach movement. The event was held contemporaneously to 500 similar events across the nation.

If January and July switched temperatures, members at the First Pentecostal Church would more than likely be drenched.