Editor’s Notes: The acronym for “Refuge of Hope” is “Refugio," but the church will be consistently referred to with its full name to avoid confusion with Ignite Life Center’s previous
On February 19th, 2024, the associate pastor at Ignite Life Center Jose Cruz's son, Noel Cruz, was arrested and charged with lewd or lascivious battery against a person under 16 years
Updated Jan 7: Corrected name of Brazilian church, as it originally stated “Adna central” without the full acronym.
SANTA CRUZ, CUIABÁ, BRAZIL. Brazilian church Assembleia de Deus Nova Aliança (Adna) Central is almost
On November 14, Christian Varags’ lawyer Gilbert Schaffnit filed a motion to allow Vargas to travel to New York City while on pretrial release for his two lewd and lascivious behavior cases.
Three
On March 12, 2024, three Ignite Life Center (ILC) survivors launched civil lawsuits against ILC and the Florida Multicultural District (FMD) of the Assemblies of God (AG).
All three plaintiffs sued ILC and
