Christians Camp out At GraceLife Church, Hold Evening Service + A Convoy is Coming
With news that the police have barricaded GraceLife Church, cutting off all access to the property and pledging to stay present until they cease gathering together as an entire body, protesters are beginning to show up en masse in support for the church and their pastor – the most visible symbol in Canada standing up to a tyrannical government gone awry.
Choosing to occupy the church, Alberta Health Services contracted a local company put out two perimeter fences around the church, one wrapped with a black tarp- essentially putting a mask around it. They brought in porta-potties and set up a command post, digging in for a long haul. There have been as many as 30 officers on site over the course of the day, flanked by a dozen police cars and SUVs.
Thankfully, the landowner next door is a member of the church and has allowed people to gather on his property. They’ve been coming and going throughout the day – both associated with the church and not – protesting, rallying, fellowshipping, and even at some point singing hymns, with someone passing around lyrics sheets to follow. Later in the evening, some of the people even held a small service in a field.
As night fell, several brought out tents and camped out, spending the night in vigil for the congregation and for what they see as the destruction of Canada’s freedoms.
With the exception of Rebel Media, no other reporters are allowed on the neighboring property, and therefore watch from across the street. And while the people protesting this wicked incursion are allowed on the property, these hundreds of people gathered are still in violation of a shutdown order that prohibits outdoor gatherings of more than 10 people. Anyone violating this order could be fined $1200 at any time, but it seems the government isn’t willing to enforce that yet. There has been talk that police are going to close the roads to local traffic only, so that anyone wanting to access the neighbors property who isn’t the neighbor will have to park on the side of the road and walk more than a mile to the site.
And more people are coming. Travelers are coming from both in and out of province to support the church, with a convoy coming from Calgary to lend their moral support, promoted by the niece of a much-loved prominent politician, the late Hon. Ralph Klein. These are not necessarily Christians, but rather freedom-loving Canadians appalled at what the government is doing. With the possible closure of the roads, this may cause chaos on the highway, depending on how many show up.
Thankfully, these provocations have finally led many Members of the Legistlative Assembly (MLAs) to act, with almost 30 percent of them revolting against Premier Jason Kenny, and he in turn threatening to expel anyone from caucus who supports the actions of the church by seeking to contravene his COVID-19 restriction measures or encourage others to do so. Alberta is widely considered one of the most conservative provinces in the country, and a recent poll has 77 percent of Albertans disapproving of the way Kenny has handled the pandemic, the highest of any premiers.
At this time, the elders are still planning on having church on Sunday, but that location has so far been kept a secret. They are going to announce it internally to their own people later this evening or early Sunday morning – the result of shifting plans.
Continue to pray for this congregation.
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It was about time your cult temple was closed down.
Preach! It’s no surprise the “church” is losing members at record numbers as well as almost any sense of relevance in modern society.
The true church will be exposed through persecution . The fakers will be gone
Really Doug, where is the evidence to back up your nonsense.
– you will be left alone, I will be laughing. It will be wonderful you puny human.
Put up BIG loud speakers and have 24/7 PREACHING directed to the people who are illegal occupying your building.
unlce ron is lettin in the people
But mosques are allowed to stay open and they are packed ..pfffttt drop on your pointed head
Mosques are following the regulations and they is why they are not closed. Stop the lies.
That’s because today Canada is a tyrannical police state. My g’parents left Manitoba in early 1900’s eventually moved to Wash. state usa. Glad they did. Mosques condone police states because the Muslim countries are all like that too.
We are torn on this issue and have not been following it closely enough to fully comment on the right or wrongness of the church’s actions. We mentioned it on our website theologyarchaeology but only briefly. A couple of key questions: #1. Are the actions of the pastor and the church bringing glory to God? and #2. Are the instructions of the government causing the people of this church to sin if they obey them?
While it is unfair that the mosques remain open no one is afraid of Christians as they are supposed to turn the other cheek and forgive those who trespass against them. While the muslim gets to kill those who disagree with them. prayer is the best weapon a believer can use, their lives must be in line with God’s instructions and their actions must not be hypocritical or done for the wrong reasons
Mosques are open because they are following the regulations set out by the province. This church could still be open if they were following the regulations. Why are you lying about this?
Mosques and thousands of churches who are protecting their congregations by following the Covid19 restrictions are all still open for 15 percent of their fire guidelines.