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Feb 16, 2021 · This is how we reach the lost. As you lovingly lead your people by requiring them to wear masks, you will be helping others conform to the world, which is better than being transformed. 2. You Will Encourage Everyone to Trust the Government. Christians should be innocent as serpents and wise as doves.
Jul 28, 2021 · Chris Davis, a Southern Baptist pastor in Fairfax County, Va., said that even before the new CDC guidance came out on Tuesday, the leadership at his church was considering mandating masks again ...
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- Introduction
- A Short History
- Covid Facts
- How Should The Church Respond?
We get many requests from church leaders around the world asking for advice as they deal with COVID-19 lockdown orders and other government-mandated restrictions on worship. This is a short record of how our church responded to the government’s efforts to keep our congregation from gathering, an index of some things we have learned, and a few impor...
COVID-19 began to make international headlines in early 2020, and by mid-March, state and local governments across America were issuing emergency orders restricting large gatherings of people. At the time, health officials were warning that COVID might cause a wave of death and disaster ranking high on the spectrum between the 1918 Spanish flu epid...
The death rate from COVID is nowhere near the original dire predictions. In early 2020, most policy makers were citing predictions from a researcher named Neil Ferguson, a professor at Imperial College London. Ferguson confidently predicted that more than 2.2 million people in the United States would die from COVID within three months’ time. Even t...
Intense disagreements have swirled among evangelicals since March 2020 regarding how the church should respond to government-mandated COVID restrictions. The clash of opinions only compounds the bewilderment of Christians already confused by conflicting media reports. It has generated a firestorm of contention on social media. And it has caused une...
Oct 15, 2021 · Across traditions, US churchgoers were far more likely to say their pastors encouraged (39%) rather than discouraged the vaccine (5%). But the majority said their pastors didn’t say much either way.
Feb 16, 2021 · Then Praise Him for Your Mask. The concept of competitive agency pits God’s actions against our own. But they go hand in hand. The first thing to say about our battle against COVID-19 is that it ...
Dec 2, 2020 · For example, many Christians disagree about whether they should be required to wear masks or not. However, states that require masks to be worn in places of worship typically require masks to be worn in all public spaces. In these cases, the mask mandate does not target Christians or places of worship and does not contradict biblical principles.
While a Democracy Fund UCLA Nationscape Project poll earlier this week showed that 84 percent of Americans have worn a mask in public to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the issue has become a talking point by political leaders on the both sides of the spectrum. Bezner says the decision to require worshipers to wear masks stems from research ...
