While Jones admitted that “it would be easy to become distracted from our main mission as a church,” Jones said in the statement, “Amelia Baptist Church remains committed to the values that make us a church family.”
“While events such as this could cause us either to feel despair or have a sense of superiority, the Bible is clear that we all have a sinful nature and thus we must approach this with humility,” Jones said, “because apart from Christ we are all capable of much worse (Matthew 15:19).”
English has been charged with felony first-degree grand theft.
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A warrant for English’s arrest was issued on March 25, and she was taken into custody on April 9.
