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multimillion-dollar complex. Unfortunately, by 2006 Pastor Hornbuckle, at age 44, would be accused of drug abuse and “convicted of drugging and raping three women, two of them former members of his Arlington megachurch.” According to one published report, Agape lost at least 90 percent of its weekly worshippers when Rev. Hornbuckle’s crimes were made public. Consistent with such a decline in attendance, another published report suggests that the church went through bankruptcy following the legal troubles and lawsuits. In fact, financial reports filed with the court showed a church struggling to stay afloat despite bankruptcy protection. In addition to losing his 2500 member congregation, Rebecca A Lopez, reporter for Texas news outlet WFAA, reports that when Renee Hornbuckle, Rev. Hornbuckle’s wife, found that that her husband “was convicted of all three counts and sentenced to 15 years in prison, she shut the door on that part of her life. She divorced her husband and raised their three children alone.” Pastor Terry Hornbuckle dropped the baton and a congregation of sheep was left to fend for themselves. Rev. Renee Hornbuckle became the pastor of the remaining members of the congregation, but the …show more content…

Wright’s efforts made Trinity – long considered, in theological circles, a model for the Black church – one of the most politically active and socially conscious churches in the nation. As Pastor Wright approached retirement, the church operated over 50 active ministries with social justice advocacy at the core of its theological perspective. From HIV/AIDS outreach programs and two senior housing complexes, to a federally funded childcare program for low-income families and the church’s Kwame Nkrumah Academy to serve students on Chicago’s South Side, the congregation put into practice the Gospel that was preached every week. Additionally, the website notes the

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