A Florida church and a regional body of the Assemblies of God are facing a new lawsuit claiming they failed to protect ...

The Assemblies eventually removed Bakker from ministry. He was later convicted of fraud and sent to prison for several years. After his release in 1994, Bakker moved to the Ozarks.

The Assemblies, nor James River Chruch, have provided specific reasons for the separation after more than three decades of affiliation. The church was planted in 1991 as James River Assembly of God.