A church volunteer has been charged with sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old in Haymarket.

Police say that Vincent G. Bowes, 22, sent messages to the teenage girl in August using the smartphone messenger Kik. Staff at Park Valley Church, which the teenager attends, learned about the messages and alerted police.

Prince William County police spokesman Jonathan Perok initially said that Bowes was employed as a youth pastor at Park Valley Church when he sent the messages. But a church employee said Monday that Bowes was a college student volunteering at the church, not a member of the staff, and the police department amended its description of the incident Monday evening to refer to Bowes as a volunteer.

Bowes was arrested Thursday in North Carolina, where he lives, and charged with attempted indecent liberties with a minor and criminal use of a cellphone. He is awaiting extradition from North Carolina, police said.