{"id":7237,"date":"2012-07-10T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=7237"},"modified":"2012-07-10T12:00:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T17:00:33","slug":"arizona-pastor-jailed-for-hosting-home-bible-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/07\/arizona-pastor-jailed-for-hosting-home-bible-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Pastor Jailed For Hosting Home Bible Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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UPDATE<\/strong> \u2013 Due to a technical glitch I had to remove the video that featured this story and which contains an important piece of information: The pastor, Michael Salman, has constructed a separate building on his property \u201ccomplete with a pulpit and chairs for the 30 or 40 people who meet there on a weekly basis.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

CHRISTIAN FINED & SENTENCED TO 60 DAYS IN JAIL OVER AZ HOME BIBLE STUDIES<\/h2>\n

By Billy Hallowell, The Blaze<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve told you before about government regulations\u00a0hampering home Bible studies, but this story is even more pervasive, perplexing and complicated than the others. Michael Salman, who lives in Phoenix, Ariz., has been sentenced to a startling 60 days in jail, given a $12,180 fine and granted three years probation for\u00a0refusing\u00a0to stop hosting Bible studies at his home. Why, you ask? He\u2018s apparently in violation of the city\u2019s building code laws.<\/p>\n

City officials claim that he\u2019s running an operation that is reminiscent of a home church \u2014 but without the required permits. And according to Fox\u2019s Todd Starnes, Phoenix court documents show that he violated 67 codes. Unless the\u00a0U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants an emergency injunction, he will be jailed as early as next week.<\/p>\n

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