Category: Shutdown

‘Let us Disobey’: Churches Defy lockdown with Secret Meetings

(The Guardian) It sounds like the build-up to an illegal rave. Invitations are passed by word of mouth to trusted people. Minimal information – time, directions – is quietly given with pleas for discretion. Once everyone is assembled in a barn on a remote farm – “away from prying eyes,”

Over 120 church leaders blast UK’s ‘unlawful’ closure of churches amid COVID lockdowns

(Christian Post) More than 120 church leaders are taking legal action against the U.K. government for its “unlawful” decision to ban worship services during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. The leaders of various denominations are demanding a judicial review of the government’s decision, arguing that the “measures involve a direct and serious interference

A Gallery Of The Faithful Gathering For Church Amid Pandemic – Album Thirty

The thirtieth album in an ongoing series documenting faithful churches gathering for Sunday service in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. With some churches still not gathering in-person in these dark times, others being persecuted by the government for being open, and others ending services for the rest of the

John MacArthur Launches Petition Campaign to ‘Open the Church’

John MacArthur, Pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in California who has been engaged in a protracted battle with the LA County Health Board and State Government over their right to have church services as they see fit, has launched a petition campaign to tell our leaders that the church

Twitter Suspends ‘The Babylon Bee’ for Most of the Day, Before Restoring Full Access

Twitter wasn’t laughing on Monday when it suspended the account of popular Christian satire site The Babylon Bee  for several hours, claiming they “violated our rules against platform manipulation and spam” before ultimately restoring them. Twitter, not seemingly in on the joke, wrote that The Bee was either artificially amplifying or