A church staff member at Revival City Church in the Dallas suburb of McKinney was arrested on a family violence charge, according to reporting by WFAA.
David Scarberry / Staff photo via Revival City Church
David Scarberry, 53, serves as the evangelistic outreach leader for Revival City. He leads teams in evangelistic outreach efforts in McKinney each Wednesday, the church website says.
“Weekly, David is ministering to people he encounters in his daily activities by way of bringing salvation, healing, and truth of God’s word,” it states, adding that he “operates in the office of evangelist.”
According to the police report obtained by WFAA, Scarberry was arrested on a charge of continuous family violence. It is not clear from the arrest who Scarberry’s victim was.
A charge of continuous family violence, according to the Texas Penal Code, applies when a person, during a period of 12 months or less, assaults a family member. It is a third degree felony.
Scarberry was released from the Collin County jail on a bond.
In response to an inquiry by KERA, Scarberry said, “You can definitely say I am not guilty, because I’m not.” He called the charges a “misunderstanding” and “false accusations.”
This is not Scarberry’s first run-in with the law. According to Oklahoma records obtained by KERA, Scarberry served a five-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of using an offensive weapon in a felony and two additional drug felonies in 2002.
His ex-wife also filed a protective order against him in 1994 after Scarberry was arrested for assault and battery, KERA reported. The charges were later dropped.
According to its website, Revival City Church is part of the Bethel Leaders network and part of Andrew Wommack’s Ministers Association.
“Our DNA is revival and God’s presence and seeing heaven invade Earth and the whole world and all realms of society being transformed by the Kingdom of God,” the website states.
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