Gregory Allen Varney, pastor at Light of the World Christian Center, was arrested in connection with aggravated assault Wednesday.

Shawnee County jail officials said Varney, 61, was still in jail as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Bond has been set at $10,000 cash or surety.

The circumstances leading to Varney’s arrest weren’t immediately clear.

Varney and his wife Debbie founded the church in 1985 at the Ramada Inn downtown, then relocated to a former fire station at S.W. 21st and Indian Trail. The church then moved into a warehouse in south Topeka before settling at its present location at Interstate 470 and S.W. Gage Boulevard in 1993. Light of the World Christian Center, built at a cost of about $5 million, seats 1,600 people, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal archives.