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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon May 25, 2020, 03:06 PM May 2020

As Trump Pushes for Reopenings, Congregations Choose Safety Over Haste

ATLANTA — For the first time in weeks, Jason Dees looked out as he preached on Sunday and saw faces, instead of just a camera lens. The group of Christ Covenant Church worshipers was considerably smaller than before the coronavirus pandemic — 40 people this week, wearing masks as they sang and prayed, a small fraction of the congregation’s 500 members — but they were there.

“This is good for our souls,” Dr. Dees, the church’s senior pastor, said. “This is right. This is good.”

Still, he told the gathering that it would be several weeks more, and maybe longer, before the entire congregation could be back together again. Most would have to continue watching online.

He and other pastors at Christ Covenant in Atlanta had drawn elaborate plans for reopening, talking to health professionals and other religious leaders. This was just the first phase.

The deliberations reflected the broader tension in religious congregations between the desire to worship together and fear of the consequences if they did not do so safely.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-trump-pushes-for-reopenings-congregations-choose-safety-over-haste/ar-BB14xdDH?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20200525_4_3

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As Trump Pushes for Reopenings, Congregations Choose Safety Over Haste (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
I always feel those congregations that want to open up despite warnings are just out for the money kimbutgar May 2020 #1

kimbutgar

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1. I always feel those congregations that want to open up despite warnings are just out for the money
Mon May 25, 2020, 04:57 PM
May 2020

Especially some of those evangelical pastors who live in huge homes and drive expensive cars.

They want the Money money money moneeeeee!

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