Posted on 04/04/2021 11:13:05 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Attorneys for Grace Community Church in Los Angeles filed documents in court Friday, the latest move in their continuing fight to defend their right to gather for indoor worship services.
The church, which has repeatedly made headlines since its leadership decided to resume services last July in defiance of state and local health mandates, was issued an injunction last September by L.A. Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff that ordered them against holding indoor services.
The injunction also required that congregants wear masks and socially distance even during outdoor services.
Grace Community Church and its legal representation will be in court next Friday on their motion to dissolve the injunction.
Among the documents filed was a declaration from Grace’s senior pastor John MacArthur, who addressed allegations from a blog post that his church is not reporting outbreaks of COVID-19 among the congregation. As The Daily Wire reported last November, the church was cleared by county public health officials after three out of their approximately 7,000 members came down with COVID-19 in October.
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Separation of Church and state only exists when it behooves and/or benefits the liberal/socialist/communist agenda. Otherwise, they rule over the church with an iron fist.
Liberals don’t deserve to live in a free country. They should all move to China.
Mat God heap blessings upon John, and the many churches that stood firm with courage in not shutting down. Mine did not. Christians are commanded to have no fear.....FEAR of a virus that is 98.5- 99 percent survivable is being used as an evil tool. Americans have been played.
“....May God heap blessings upon John, and the many churches that stood firm with courage in not shutting down. Mine did not. Christians are commanded to have no fear.....FEAR of a virus that is 98.5- 99 percent survivable is being used as an evil tool. Americans have been played.....”
Without a doubt, delta...without a doubt.
FWIW, our own little church out in the country never shutdown in outright defiance of the gov. EVERYBODY got the virus and lived thru it. Some got quite sick. Others only had mild symptoms, but we now have achieved herd immunity there. Same thing happened with the Amish in PA. This is ALL about control by utilizing fear.
Temporary reasonable precautions make sense for large gatherings. But California is opening big amusement parks and sports / concert arenas. Under these circumstances, that state has almost no justification to prohibit smaller prayer gatherings
AMEN. thank God for LEADERS.
my church leadership also collapsed from my POV but I am gratified to report that they have repented and now I get to try to reconcile which is painful.
In the meantime I am glad that I always had somewhere to worship, every Sunday, may those who stayed open be blessed.
Here in the free state of Florida I went to a service in a real live church last night, and watched another streaming from a live service today from the free state of Kentucky.
Perhaps the Union should be partitioned into free states and slave (DemocRat) states.
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