Longtime Assembly of God Pastor Killed in Crash After Lifetime of Serving Jesus
A beloved Assembly of God pastor who spent decades preaching the gospel and serving the church has died in a tragic New York crash. Yet the congregation he shepherded for 33 years says death did not have the final word. Rev. Frederick W. Francisco, 87, died Oct. 19 following a tw
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