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California Church Defies Gov Newsom’s Order to Remain Closed, Backs ‘Recall’ Effort
LifeSite News ^ | 8/3/20 | Staff

Posted on 08/05/2020 6:29:33 PM PDT by marshmallow

'Satan doesn’t want people to know Christ,' Gina Gleason, Calvary Chapel’s public policy director told LifeSite

CHINO HILLS, California, August 3, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Southern California may be the last place someone would expect to find God-fearing, Christian Americans fighting to preserve the constitutional right to religious liberty. But that’s exactly what LifeSite correspondent Jim Hale discovered when he traveled to Chino Hills, California last week.

A month ago, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom issued a dictatorial measure that essentially forced churches in the state to shut down altogether.

But Calvary Chapel Chino Hills refused to obey and kept its doors open.

“Satan doesn’t want people to know Christ,” Gina Gleason, Calvary Chapel’s director of faith and public told LifeSite. “People are coming here, being saved, hearing the word of God.”

Gleason believes that “we’re just seeing something supernatural here.”

The church’s associate pastor, Josh Blevins, said they’ve been getting positive responses from all over the world for their courageous decision.

“I really believe that people are searching for something that transcends the circumstances of their life, of culture, of even what’s going on in our nation, especially when things are being tossed to and fro with waves of difficulty and challenges. The very things people have been putting their lives’ hopes and dreams in are now disintegrating from underneath them.”

People want to look to the church for hope, he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at lifesitenews.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: calvarychapel; govnewsom; jackhibbs; pastor

1 posted on 08/05/2020 6:29:33 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Between them and MacArthur, Newsome has his hands full, doesn’t he?


2 posted on 08/05/2020 6:34:38 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: marshmallow

And popular says the Bible is no longer relevant! What could be more relevant than being threatened with jail time for preaching the Gospel?

(And I’m sure Antifa and BLM are more than willing to beat Christians...)


3 posted on 08/05/2020 7:05:51 PM PDT by Cato in PA
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