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Tyronne Champion serves as pastor of the Bealeton-based True Deliverance Church of God Ministries and executive director of the nonprofit Community Touch Inc., which helps those in need with a variety of programs. Our systems are broken in the world. So my school is looking at being a school of change â changing systems â not just giving you a job to make good money. T. Tyronne Champion, Ethnos College founder
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Staff Journalist His spiritual journey to open Fauquierâs first Christian college started about 15 years ago.
âI felt this inkling,â recalled T. Tyronne Champion, who hopes that his planned Ethnos College will enroll about 30 students in the fall 2022 or spring 2023 semester. âI believe the Lord has called me to do this.â
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Members of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to allow transitional housing at some rural church properties; there were no speakers at the public hearing except for a representative of one of the organizations that requested the change to the zoning law. Last month, planning commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval of the zoning ordinance amendment.
The ordinance amendment allows âtransitional family housingâ at places of worship located at least 12 acres in areas zoned ârural â agricultural.â Religious organizations still need to obtain a special exception permit â a process that includes both the planning commission and the board of supervisors to establish transitional housing on their properties.