{"id":9162,"date":"2011-08-15T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T20:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9162"},"modified":"2011-08-15T16:32:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T20:32:26","slug":"prominent-pastor-found-dead-in-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9162","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Pastor Found Dead In  Hotel Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent mega-church leader, <strong>Rev. Dr. Zachery Tims, Jr.<\/strong>, was found dead in a New York hotel room Friday. The father of four was 42.<\/p>\n<p>The Medical Examiner is currently investigating to determine how the pastor died.<\/p>\n<p>Well known in the Orlando-Apopka area, <strong>Dr. Tims<\/strong> started his ministry in 1996 with the help of family members. Now, the New Destiny Christian Center is a large, two-location church that has a congregation in excess of 8,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>New York Police said there will be an investigation into the minister\u2019s death, and it has been determined foul play was not a factor.<strong>[private]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Tims<\/strong> was scheduled to appear and speak at a conference being held at the 34th Street Church Of God this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Thomas Scott of 34th Street C.O.G. said he first met <strong>Dr. Tims<\/strong> two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, we\u2019re all in shock over his death. And we\u2019re praying for his church and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Dr. Tims<\/strong> was in charge of a huge congregation and had made several television appearances. I\u2019ve heard him speak and he\u2019s very good and nationally known. He was very highly respected and ran a vibrant ministry.\u201d<strong>[\/private]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>***Look for full story in Tuesday&#8217;s Sentinel***<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent mega-church leader, Rev. Dr. Zachery Tims, Jr., was found dead in a New York hotel room Friday. The father of four was 42. The Medical Examiner is currently investigating to determine how the pastor died. Well known in the Orlando-Apopka area, Dr. Tims started his ministry in 1996 with the help of family members. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}