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Kevin McDonald, the pastor of Landmark Church of the Nazarene in Phenix City, Alabama, and Linda Jenkins, stand accused of robbing the Phenix City Girard Bank.
A Nazarene pastor arrested by authorities in connection with the armed robbery of an Alabama bank had a female accomplice, according to news reports.
Kevin Robert McDonald, 40, entered the Phenix City Girard Bank with a handgun and demanded money, reported by News 3 WRBL. Police say an undisclosed amount of money was taken from the bank and no injuries were reported, according to the local news report.
McDonald was taken into custody in Columbus and was being held in the Russell County Jail on $100,000 bail, a jail employee confirmed.
A message left for a detective at the Russell County Sheriff’s Office after hours was not returned.
Also taken into custody was Lindsay Dara Jenkins in Columbus. The Occupational Therapy Assistant Physician faces a first-degree robbery charge, as reported by CNAW2 News.
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McDonald and his wife Jennifer pastored the Landmark Church of the Nazarene in Phenix City. Social media posts show the last mention of McDonald was April 2024. The church’s website does not identify McDonald in any pastoral or leadership role.
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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I guess if his school had had the 10 Commandments up on the wall when he was a kid he wouldn’t have tried to rob a bank ((snark)).
Yep, that definitely would have made all the difference. 🙂
Speaking of the 10 Commandments on the wall, I’ve often wondered how that is any different than a pagan protection spell or symbol being up on the wall? It’s all kind of a mojo thing, right? Like vampires and crosses?