Posted on 08/15/2011 1:51:56 PM PDT by Immerito
The pastor of a large Florida congregation was found dead in a Times Square hotel room Friday.
The body of 42-year-old Zachery Tims, a senior pastor from Orlando, was found on the floor of his room at the W Hotel on Broadway, police said. No criminal activity was suspected as of Sunday.
Tims founded the New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka with his wife Riva in 1996. The church has grown to a congregation of 8,000 people.
Two years ago, Tims divorced his wife of 15 years after admitting to an affair with a stripper, reported Black Christian News in 2009.
Tims had turned to religion after a troubled childhood. In his memoir, It's Never Too Late (Charisma House 2006), he writes that he was convicted of attempted murder at age 14 and spent two years in juvenile facilities. He overcame a drug addiction and became a pastor because "God had a greater plan," his website says.
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sad.
Amen and pass the collecting plate!
Counting up the dough / Counting up the dough / We shall come rejoicing / Counting up the dough.
...hey....gotta afford my white powder and strippers somehow....
RIP.
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