Get Me To The Church On Time

Sunset Hills, Missouri: January 5, 2004

A man who disrupted services at a suburban St. Louis church Sunday after claiming he was Jesus later drove a car into the building's lobby doors, witnesses and police said. No one was injured.

Life Christian Center pastor Rick Shelton told St. Louis' KSDK-TV that a man walked into the church during the morning service and claimed he was Jesus before being led out by ushers. The man was later identified as certified looney N8. As ushers waited for police, Shelton said, the man got into his car and drove into the church's front doors.

Police said in a statement that the crash occurred after N8 was denied access to the pastor.

The St. Louis bomb-and-arson squad responded after a package deemed suspicious was found inside the car. That package turned out to be a harmless piece of Gouda cheese, police said.

Messages left at the church Sunday night were not immediately returned.

N8 was initially arrested, police said, though the status of any charges were not immediately clear. He was later released and all charges were dropped at the behest of the pastor who cited the virtue of forgiveness as his motive.

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