Arizona Pastor Serves Sentence for Home Study

By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent

PHOENIX, ARIZONA (Worthy News)– Pastor Michael Salman is serving a 60-day sentence in Maricopa County, Arizona, for holding a home Bible study.

Salman is being incarcerated in Tent City Jail with hardened criminals, said attorney John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford Institute; the Institute ispetitioning the Arizona Supreme Court on Salman’s behalf, challenging his imprisonment as a violation of the religious freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment.

Whitehead said the same zoning laws used to imprison Salman for holding home Bible studies in Arizona could spread across America.

“If you have a small gathering in your home for any kind of religious meeting, you’re going to be harassed by the government to somehow square with the zoning regulations for a formal institution,” he said.

International Christian Concern Regional Manager Ryan Morgan said Salman’s detention in a military-like compound for holding home Bible studies wouldn’t come as a surprise if it happened in North Korea, but “the fact that it happened in the same state as the Grand Canyon should be a resounding wake up call to every American who holds the right to worship freely close to their heart. Around the world, governments are using all sorts of laws to control and suppress religious gatherings. We cannot stand idly by as the United States does the same.”

Lift this up in Prayer

19

people are currently praying.

Latest Worthy News

Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Books by George Whitten

The Eternal Kingdom Revealed https://eternalkingdomrevealed.com

The Eternal Kingdom Revealed traces the Kingdom of God as the central story of Scripture, from before creation to the restoration of all things.

Buy on Amazon

Identity in Messiah Revealed https://identityinmessiah.com

A devotional journey calling believers out of self-doubt and into confident, Kingdom-rooted identity in the Messiah.

Buy on Amazon

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.