Christian evangelists arrested at Arab-American Festival

DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) - Four missionaries from a Christian group appeared in court after being arrested at the Dearborn Arab American festival over the weekend.

The missionaries entered not guilty pleas.

Their attorney asked to proceed with a pre-trial Monday, but a Judge had them first talk to the city prosecutor in another room.

The four are facing misdemeanor charges of disturbing the peace, and one faces an addtional charge of failure to obey an officer.

Video posted on the internet by a Christian group at Dearborn's Arab American festival is at the center of a debate about crossing the line.

Members of the group claim they were arrested on June 18 over Religion, but police insist that's not true.  Two of the members are from a coup called "Acts 17 Apologetics."  They were involved in a disturbance at the same festival last year.

Police tell Action news that the four Christian missionaries who were arrested on June 18 were put in jail for disorderly conduct.

The missionaries were carrying video cameras at the time of the incident.

Now the video has gone viral, sparking discussion and disagreement.