A pastor in California fought off an axe-toting burglar who broke into his church on Thanksgiving. Oh, did we mention the pastor is trained in mixed martial arts?! An angel and bad ass in one!

A California pastor in the East Bay used martial arts to fight off a burglar who broke into his church. Antioch police are describing the tense confrontation as a "battle of good and evil." "Pray for the man that tried to rob us,

Before dawn, the pastor went to his church in Antioch, California, to check out why the intruder alarm had gone off. Once there, he found a man with an axe. Although the police were on the way, the Rev.

A California pastor trained in mixed martial arts fought off an axe-carrying burglar who broke into his church on Thanksgiving. The burglar used the axe to smash open a window at the First Family Church in Antioch in the early morning hours when he was confronted by Pastor Nick Neves,

It wasn't the normal festive start to Thanksgiving Pastor Nick Neves was expecting. "I told him to stop. He didn't want to stop. So, I ran after him. Grab a hold of him." The pastor from First Family Church in Antioch recalls fighting off an alleged burglar on Thanksgiving with his martial arts training in jiu-jitsu and kickboxing.

When a would-be burglar broke in to an Antioch church on Thanksgiving day, he encountered an unexpected obstacle: A pastor, trained in martial arts and determined to defend his house of worship.

An East Bay Baptist pastor used martial arts to fight off a burglar who broke into his church. Antioch police are describing the tense confrontation as a "battle of good and evil." "Pray for the man that tried to rob us,