Last Updated Nov 19th, 2019 at 1:53 pm

A 64-year-old Iowa pastor was robbed and beaten to death outside his own church on Wednesday evening.

Rev. Allen Henderson was found unresponsive outside St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa with injuries consistent with assault. Classes were held that evening at the church, though congregants say they did not see the assault happen.

Security footage showed a man who police have identified as Joshua Pendleton, 36, trying to access the church that evening. After he was apprehended, Pendleton told police he had fought with a man at the church and then gave the police a phone he had taken from him. Pendleton’s record shows a history of disorderly conduct and assault. He is currently being held on robbery and first-degree murder.

Rev. Henderson had served as senior pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church since 1999. He was also a chaplain and was heavily involved in ministering to public servants in his community.