A Miller County circuit judge may decide today if 20 children of the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries members will remain in state care or go home.

They were placed in foster care last week when the Arkansas Department of Human Services executed a court order authorizing their removal.

Alamo, whose real name is Bernie LaZar Hoffman, was served with a subpoena Friday requiring his attendance at the probable cause hearing for the 20 children. The controversial evangelist is in a cell in the jail annex behind the Bi-State Justice Building in downtown Texarkana.