The Rev. Henry J. Lyons, the scandalized former leader of the National Baptist Convention USA released from prison in November, is back in the pulpit.
He's also getting remarried nearly six years after his then-wife sparked his downfall by setting fire to the waterfront mansion he secretly owned with his mistress.
The fire sparked an investigation, and Lyons was convicted in 1999 of grand theft and racketeering and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Lyons, 62, is interim pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla., where he helped mediate a dispute leading to the departure of the previous pastor.