Some US megachurches defy social distancing, while others live-stream
Congregants attend services in Louisiana, Ohio and Florida despite warnings over pandemic
30 March 2020 - 09:33
Congregants of megachurches in Louisiana, Ohio and Florida attended services in defiance of social distancing orders on Sunday morning, even as politicians and doctors took to weekly news shows to warn of the coronavirus’s spread in the US.
In Louisiana, which has experienced a spike in cases and has a shelter-in-place order, the Life Tabernacle Church in the town of Central held services at 10am. More than 550 parishioners attended, about half as many as the week before, pastor Tony Spell told a local news reporter...
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