Posted on 05/21/2020 6:00:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, lawyers representing more than 1,200 California clergy sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), declaring religious services essential during the coronavirus pandemic and announcing that churches will start meeting in person on May 31 — the Day of Pentecost referred to as the birthday of the Christian church — with or without the governor’s permission.
“The Day of Pentecost is also known as the birthday of the Christian church. May 31, 2020 is the 1,990th anniversary of the original Day of Pentecost that occurred in the year A.D. 30. We declare that on May 31, 2020, we will resume corporate worship as instructed in Hebrews 10:24- 25,” the clergy wrote. “Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Christian church and other faiths have been relegated to ‘nonessential’ status by governing agencies throughout the United States. But we, the signers of this declaration, believe and contend that gathering together in fellowship and worship is ‘essential.'”
The current California lockdown order considers religious services nonessential. The clergy — including pastors and at least one rabbi — sent a “Declaration of Essentiality,” explaining that religious services and their charitable activities are just “as essential as any grocery store or hardware store,” especially in a crisis where depression, as well as disease, threatens lives.
Advocates for Faith & Freedom, The National Center for Law and Policy, Liberty Counsel and Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, and First Liberty — firms representing the hundreds of clergy in California — sent the letter to Newsom, representing a demand that the governor either alters his order or receives notice that it will be violated on a massive scale.
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Headline next week:
“RESULT: 1,200 California Clergy Arrested for Violating Gov. Newsom’s Perfectly Rational Order for Saving Children”
3000 churches are already on record in Kalifornia to meet on the 31st, predominantly evangelical. I think this 1200 are from more liturgical backgrounds. The govt of kalifornia has lost the consent of the governed.
As the Chinese would put it, Newsom has lost "the mandate of Heaven".
My church in KY is meeting “in person” this sunday. However, face masks are required. I emailed the pastor and told them to let me know when social distancing and face mask requirements end, and then I’ll return.
So what are the authorities going to do if they gather in churches? ...shut down churches..Take driver license numbers and fine each?
The government would declare victory and end it is one way.
This is the other...
“RESULT: 1,200 California Clergy and 120,000 Parishioners Arrested for Violating Gov. Newsom’s Perfectly Rational Order for Saving Children, 121,200 Violent Felons Released to Make Room, Child Molesters Given Priority”
I recline corrected...
If Gov. Newsom arrests those pastors, at least they will be in good historical company.
In 1774, James Madison wrote to a friend in Pennsylvania about troubling developments in Virginia. The “diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution” was raging in the colony. “There are at this [time] . . . not less than 5 or 6 well meaning men in [jail] for publishing their religious sentiments. . . . Pray for liberty of conscience to revive among us.”
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/when-america-put-pastors-in-prison
This is what America needs "Mass" defiance!
They can't arrest, ticket, or fine us all!
Don't let the tyrants take control!
Cracks in the leftist groupthink monolith?
I have a feeling the preacher of the church we attended in SoCal might be one of this group. I’ll have to check with his wife and see if that’s true. The two Baptist ministers we know well there often have said they’re ready to be arrested.
It is up to We the People...have courage
On this issue of whether or not churches are considered non-essential services, I have yet to read anything on this as it applies to mosques. Are they all remaining open or are they also shut down?
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