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Church opens in former 12-step meeting place

7/24/2015, 2:48 p.m. | Updated on 7/24/2015, 2:48 p.m.
A new church has opened at the former site of a popular 12-step meeting place for recovering alcoholics and addicts ...

A new church has opened at the former site of a popular 12-step meeting place for recovering alcoholics and addicts on South Side.

Overflow International Church Ministry, which operates as a nonprofit under Connor Ministries Inc., opened in early May at 6000 Midlothian Turnpike.

That’s where the Rebos Center operated for more than three decades as a clubhouse and meeting place for 12-step groups.

Rebos sold the building to Connor Ministries in April and moved next door to a smaller brick building, where it now holds recovery meetings.

“One of our church members happened to drive by one day as they were putting up the (for sale) sign in April,” said Apostle Charlie A. Connor III, who pastors the church along with his wife, Michelle Connor. “They called me and I went there with the broker the same day to look at the building.

“We bought it about a month later,” he added, declining to name the purchase price.

Connors Ministries Inc. was founded in 2006 and most recently was based in three suites in an office building in North Chesterfield County.

The church meets for Sunday school 9:45 a.m. each week, has its worship service at 11 a.m. and meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. for Bible study.

Apostle Connor said he does not collect a salary as a pastor. He and his wife operate a day care out of their home in North Chesterfield County.

The church has several ministries, including a clothes and food giveaway each August, Apostle Connor said.

They also partner with a homeless shelter and support several charitable organizations financially, he said.

Apostle Connor, 42, graduated from Mt. Sinai Bible College in Little Washington, N.C., in 1999 with a theology degree.

He was affirmed as an apostle in November 2013.