One person was arrested after police in California say he broke into a church on Thanksgiving and was fought off by a pastor. In the early morning hours of Thanksgiving, an alarm went off at First Family Church, according to a Facebook post by the Antioch Police Department.

Police say a man used an axe to break into a church in Antioch, California, but he was caught when the pastor used his martial arts skills to detain him.

It’s just ironic. If he had come a couple of days earlier, he would have been blessed and get some food and be cared for," Pastor Nick Neves said of the thief

An ax-wielding burglar got more than they bargained for when they broke into a church on Thanksgiving – and came face to face with a pastor who was trained in martial arts, police say “I shouted at him to stop,

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

A California pastor trained in martial arts fought off a burglar who broke into his church on Thanksgiving day.