A pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted Bible telling people not to 'resist author [View all]

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Source: Insider

A pastor invited to DeSantis' Disney board meeting quoted the Bible telling people not to 'resist authority' as it strips workers' park perks

Rebecca Cohen
Thu, September 14, 2023 at 3:26 PM EDT·2 min read

• A pastor invited to DeSantis' Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's meeting told attendees not to "resist authority."
• The pastor read from the Bible as the board discussed stripping park parks for Disney workers and retirees.
• Firefighters — who once backed the DeSantis takeover — are among those furious about the changes.

A Florida board picked by Gov. Ron DeSantis to run the area around Disney World defended stripping park employees of their perks — moments after a pastor invited to speak urged attendees not to "resist authority."

After a lengthy introduction, Pastor David Netzorg — who founded Emmaus Church in Winter Garden, Florida in 2011 — took the podium to start the board meeting on Wednesday night, said government work is "a calling" and government employees "actually work for God."

He then read a passage from Romans 13: "Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God," the passage began. "And those which exist are established by God. Therefore, whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves."

"So we're to obey the police, firefighters, government, all of those in authority" Netzorg offered as commentary.

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