August 18, 2023, 2:10pm Churches & Religion
the disgraced former pastor who founded the Living Hope Church in Vancouver and later served a three-year prison sentence for smuggling drugs into the country, is returning to Vancouver to… Read story
November 24, 2021, 6:07am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is scheduled to be released from federal custody today, two years before his prison term was set to end. Read story
August 25, 2021, 6:15am Churches & Religion
who’s played a psychotic killer, Batman and former Vice President Dick Cheney — is set to star in a film about former Living Hope Church pastor turned convicted drug smuggler John Bishop. Read story
February 14, 2020, 6:36pm Clark County News
A friend of former Vancouver pastor John Bishop's, who is serving time in federal prison, says Bishop is suffering from a brain tumor and that donations would be welcomed. While prison officials would not discuss Bishop's health, they say the government offers medical care at no cost to inmates. Read story
September 24, 2019, 6:04am Churches & Religion
A federal appeals court has dismissed a petition by former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop to review his federal drug-smuggling sentence. Read story
September 3, 2019, 5:15pm Churches & Religion
Can plastic and other materials used to wrap 105 packages of marijuana weigh more than 60 pounds? Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop apparently thinks so, and is using that as his argument to appeal his federal prison sentence. Read story
May 15, 2019, 11:03am Clark County News
Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop was granted a second extension to explain why he’s appealing his drug-smuggling sentence, in part, because his new attorney has had a difficult time reaching him in prison. Read story
April 19, 2019, 5:08pm Churches & Religion
Disgraced former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is once again in the limelight. Read story
December 14, 2018, 6:00am Churches & Religion
Former Living Hope Church pastor John Bishop is appealing his sentence in his federal drug-smuggling case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, despite saying to the judge at sentencing: “One hundred percent, your judgment is what God wants.” Read story
November 21, 2018, 1:56pm Clark County News
Former Vancouver pastor John Bishop was sentenced to five years in prison on federal drug-smuggling charges Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego. Read story
