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A Tyrone GA youth pastor was arrested by Peachtree City police on Wednesday after making arrangements on the Internet to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Pastor Robert Kyle Amerson of the Abundant Life Worship Center in Tyrone was arrested at his home in Fairburn by Peachtree City police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Officials at the church had no comment on Wednesday afternoon for 11Alive News.

Amerson is being held in the Fayette County Jail, and will make his first court appearance on Thursday afternoon.

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From Amerson's introduction on the Adundant Life Worship Center website:

Hobbies: Hanging with my wife, Anything sports related, Golf,drawing, cars...

Why do you do what you do? I do it because I have been given a passion to see young people's lives changed, in spiritual and personal ways, and I
think that is why God put me here.


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15 Comments:

WidowMaker23 wrote:

Just another phony pastor who will probably say the devil made me do it. Man I am glad I got out of religious biz, too many wolves in sheeps clothing.

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Dano wrote:

Pastor Robert Kyle Amerson wrote on his church's website:

Why do you do what you do? "I do it because I have been given a passion to see young people's lives changed, in spiritual and personal ways, and I think that is why God put me here"

Dan takes up for pastor Amerson,
What's all the fuss about? He is a youth pastor. He is married. He has been given a passion to see young people's lives changed, in spiritual and "PERSONAL" ways. He believes that is why God put him "here"

All he wanted to do was to warn the kid about all the perverts that lurk on the Internet, trying to have sex with these young girls.

The Peachtree City police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have obviously made a mistake here!

No, Christian youth pastor would ever do anything like that, and even if he did, who are we to judge? Christians are not perfect, just forgiven! If God is willing to forgive him, should we do less?

Before you condemn a man for having lust for young girls, I suggest you do something about all the hot babes with those big soft breasts, and silky smooth thighs that you lust after, and.........................

anyway pastor Robert will be needing offerings to pay for his legal defense so here is the name of his church.

Abundant Life Worship Center in Tyrone

Dan (your civil servant in Christ)

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Lorena wrote:

Wow! I guess they can't get a hold of the webmaster. They still have the pastor on their main webpage.

Nice looking man too. I must wonder what makes a nice looking, younger man do something like that. Any ideas?

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

All this 'spirit-filled' mumbo-jumbo, is all a sham, these 'christians' are no different from us and yet they have the gall to condemn us as sinners and unsaved.
This pastor IS married, and even if he wasn't, there is no excuse to have sex with an underage person, that is just sick, the majority of 'unsaved' persons wouldn't even consider doing such a thing.
Just goes to prove christianity is a sham.

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Dano wrote:

Lorena wrote:
"Wow! I guess they can't get a hold of the webmaster. They still have the pastor on their main webpage.
Nice looking man too. I must wonder what makes a nice looking, younger man do something like that. Any ideas?"

Dan here! Lorena,
I watched that 20-20 piece where they set up these Internet whackos, "To catch a pedophile" or something, and I still am having a hard time believing the range of personalities that they stung.

Everything from doctors, to Rabbis to school teachers, to youth councilors to down right bonafide crazies.

Dan (Agnostic ex- "not a real" Christian)

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

Chrustians are the only people that can conveniently slip in and out of the flesh.

They bond by this saying "the flesh is weak, but the spirit is strong" this saying lets them do any crime or bibilical listed sin, and then they can run back to jesus and get instant forgiveness and the church gladly overlooks such foolishness.

That's all religions are for, for people to hide themselves in, and then run back to an imaginary forgiver and get saved over and over and over....etc.

posted: June 22, 2006 EST  

Onanite wrote:

What is really amazing to me is these people really believe the Holy Spirit dwells within them. So basically God was right there with Pastor Bob as he talked dirty and tried to lure a 14yo girl for sex.

Maybe the Holy Spirit is the pedophile and made Pastor Bob do it.

posted: June 23, 2006 EST  

Lorena wrote:

Onanite,

That's not how it works. he had stopped listening to the "still small voice," and he had "saddened" the spirit. So the spirit wasn't talking to him anymore. But apparently, nobody noticed he had lost his connection at the church. So, maybe, they have all stopped listening and the spirit isn't talking to anyone there.

It amazes me all the mental gymnastics you have to go through in order to fit all your thinking into the christian little box. It takes a lot of effort. No wonder they have no time left to do some real thinking and leave the faith.

posted: June 23, 2006 EST  

h3lix wrote:

Anonymous said "...This pastor IS married, and even if he wasn't, there is no excuse to have sex with an underage person, that is just sick, the majority of 'unsaved' persons wouldn't even consider doing such a thing.
Just goes to prove christianity is a sham."

"the majority of 'unsaved' persons wouldn't even consider doing such a thing."
The majority of 'saved' persons wouldn't consider doing it either. Don't start stereotyping a huge group of people for the actions of one.

"Just goes to prove christianity is a sham."
This doesn't prove anything except the first sentence in your post: ...these 'christians' are no different from us...


"That's all religions are for, for people to hide themselves in, and then run back to an imaginary forgiver and get saved over and over and over..." - very true.

A Christian and a non-Christian pedophile/molester/rapist/'sinner': who's more dangerous?
You got it, the 'Christian' because he has a clean conscience about it.

posted: June 23, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

I printed it and put it in the copy paper box with the rest of the stories like this.

I need another copy paper box,
the first one is full

this story was tame compared to the others

and I want to know why these people are 100 % US tax exempt

free money
no taxes

and it is time to stop that

posted: June 26, 2006 EST  

Onanite wrote:

The church has taken down its "staff" page, hmmm .. I wonder why? Maybe more of the staff have some problems with kids.

Also the teen section is now strangely missing from the site. (grin)

Onanite

posted: July 01, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/ChildrensMinistry.html

Site Page Message:
"We provide quality care and class time for your children while you involve yourself in worship services. We are in the process of developing and expanding all areas of our children's ministries."

Site Quote:
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart."
Proverbs 22:6

Bring your children, we will train them (like chimps), while the adults engage themselves in mindless ritualism.

posted: July 01, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

Abundant Life Worship Center

Staff:

* W.Calvin Smith --- Senior Pastor
* Ted C. Cannon --- Associate Pastor
* Kyle Anderson --- Youth Pastor

for a possible mug shot, go to:

http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/images/abundant_life_024.jpg

posted: July 01, 2006 EST  

Anonymous wrote:

This is NOT the first time this church has had trouble with sexual misconduct issues and the staff. Doubt it will be the last. No one holds anyone accountable these days for thier actions, and our children end up paying the price in the end. Church's should be held accountable for the actions of their employees just the same as other companies and corporations are. I am disgusted at the lack of accountability that is taken.
I am a Christian, but I dont want to be put in the same category as those people. I think we as people in general need to say enough is enough.. our childrens safety is the main priority. But, people dont want to make the :church" look bad.. well, I dont care how the church looks.. when something is wrong its wrong.. and being a christian doesnt excuse behaviour under the act of forgiveness.. its enough to make someone puke.. I think a thorough investigation should be done within this church, and any church who has issues with sexual misconduct. Its unethical and violates the sexual, emotional and spiritual rights of their victims.
This church owes its members , its organazation and its community a very PUBLIC apology.. with no excuses attached..

posted: July 14, 2006 EST  

Circe wrote:

for a possible mug shot, go to:

http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/images/abundant_life_024.jpg


There's an image of him posted here: http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=81134

The complete picture is at http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/images/abundant_life_049.jpg

And more candid shots at http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/images/abundant_life_045.jpg and http://www.abundantlifetyrone.com/images/abundant_life_046.jpg

posted: July 16, 2006 EST  

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