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For the first time in two months, there was clapping, singing and fellowship inside Stithton Baptist Church in Radcliff, Kentucky, as members of the congregation returned to the sanctuary for Sunday morning services. There also were masks, hand sanitizer and social distancing.
On a weekend when President Donald Trump declared houses of worship essential and asked governors to reopen them, some congregants around the country headed for their places of worship with numerous precautions in place.
Those services in the U.S. followed a frantic two days in which at least one governor reached an agreement with religious leaders in Minnesota to ease restrictions on in-person services while a federal appeals court upheld anothers continuing shutdown of such services.
For Stithton Baptist, the reopening wasnt about restrictions, Trumps declaration or the release of guidelines by the federal Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention for reopening faith organizations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/slowly-surely-us-houses-of-worship-emerge-from-lockdown/ar-BB14wZ5g?li=BBnb7Kz
Guess we'll see a lot of dead or dying evangelicals soon.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)encouraging all brothers and sisters to stay home...
But they are ACTUAL Christians.
Lars39
(26,116 posts)That could make a big difference,too.
msongs
(67,453 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)aren't gonna pay for themselves! Real churches are concerned with community and are doers... The mega shitters that trump is pandering to, are takers, just like him.
Freethinker65
(10,061 posts)However, I would think many houses of worship could have outdoor masses/services where members could spread out?
ananda
(28,877 posts).. you know.