Ohio pastor living in van aims to aid the homeless

A minister at Shelter Community Church of the Nazarene in Belmont as well as a realtor for Keller Williams, [Ryan] Riddell, 45, also owns a roofing business in Miamisburg.

“I have four reasons for doing this,” he explains. “The first is for my own spiritual renewal. I’m trying to take 30 days to step back from the things I do in the business world and the church.”

A second reason, he says, is that “Jesus became like us in order to reach us.” Riddell says the more he gets into the world of the homeless, the more receptive people have been, allowing him to be of help….

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