Covid-19: Churches Are Going Underground
A Protestant pastor told TheGuardian.com (November 22) of “illegal services” around Great Britain in barns, cafes, and bookshops. “We’ve been holding clandestine services since this lockdown began,…More
A Protestant pastor told TheGuardian.com (November 22) of “illegal services” around Great Britain in barns, cafes, and bookshops.
“We’ve been holding clandestine services since this lockdown began,” he said. “People have said it feels like an underground church in China.”
“These are not isolated cases,” said Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Anglican Christian Concern. Andrew, a minister in London, explained: “We answer to a higher authority.”
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“We’ve been holding clandestine services since this lockdown began,” he said. “People have said it feels like an underground church in China.”
“These are not isolated cases,” said Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Anglican Christian Concern. Andrew, a minister in London, explained: “We answer to a higher authority.”
Picture: © Mazur, CC BY-NC-SA, #newsUodhttdacm
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Well done, blabbermouth pastor. Now you've given the police a credible reason to go snooping even further instead of foolishly resting on their laurels.
Cuthbert Mayne
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Meanwhile my parish priest has had Mass regularly at his own church every single day, twice on Saturday and three times on Sundays. An ordinary diocesan priest, who offers the TLM. Real Priests Matter.