Rincon church holds services after Sunday morning theft

RINCON, Ga. (WTOC) -Redemption Center Church held services Sunday morning hours after a theft at the facility.

Dr. Randy Joyner, senior pastor and founder of the church, said an individual broke into the building Sunday morning and stole a musical instrument.

The suspect was a smaller individual who placed a hand through a hole in the door, unlocked it and retrieved the equipment, Joyner said.

The stolen item is a red Nord keyboard with 88 keys. The church has a person of interest and is continuing to investigate.

Joyner said the church decided to continue with services despite the break-in.

“We could have paused. We could have said no church because we wanted to kind of find out what was going on or out of fear,” he said. “However, we must go on. We cannot stop.”

Joyner said he believes the suspect knows the church or has attended services there based on how the person entered and retrieved the equipment.

“We’re not mad at you. We want you to find Jesus. We want you to turn yourselves in, man, so that you can move forward,” Joyner said.