Longtime pastor of northeast Fresno church passes away

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Members of a Fresno-area religion are preparing for a solemnisation of beingness aft their long-time pastor passed away.

David Rutherford served arsenic elder pastor of CrossCity Christian Church for 30 years.

The religion is located disconnected Nees betwixt Chestnut and Willow successful northeast Fresno.

Action News spoke with the pastor astir 5 years agone during the COVID-19 pandemic astir however the shutdown was impacting services.

The CrossCity enforcement enactment squad says Rutherford began having wellness concerns successful 2023 and rapidly declined.

He passed distant connected June 28 astatine the property of 61.

Rutherford leaves down a woman and 2 big sons.

His son, Zach, has taken implicit arsenic pb pastor.

A solemnisation of beingness for David Rutherford takes spot adjacent Wednesday, July 16, astatine 10 americium astatine CrossCity.