Despite one pastor already being arrested in Florida and some cities threatening to permanently close down churches who offer services amid mandated lockdowns, a prominent pastor in Baltimore says he will continue to open his church’s doors to congregants to worship. The pastor’s vow to keep offering Sunday services comes even after police showed up to shut down the last one.
“The Rev. Alvin Gwynn Sr. said he was delivering a sermon Sunday to 10 worshipers when four patrol cars containing ‘eight or nine officers’ pulled up in front of the Friendship Baptist Church and several tried to enter the building,” the Baltimore Sun reports. “Gwynn, the longtime senior pastor of the church on Loch Raven Boulevard, said security guards prevented the officers’ entry until he had finished his sermon.”
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