Covid-19 Came To Punish Unbelievers – Pastors Preach As They Violate President’s New Directives
On 31st May 2020,
President Nana Akuffo Addo lifted the ban on social gatherings with few
measures. He asked churches to re-open and conduct their usual services that
they did in the past until covid-19 brought a stop to all of it. But in his
speech, he made it clear that services should be done within an hour with a
maximum congregation of 100.
On 7th June 2020,
churches resumed service for the first time in a long time. Some churches had
three to four services, others too had only one service. Some churches with
huge number of members still have their churches closed down until President
gives them full control of their services. On 14th June 2020, about
nine (9) churches within the communities of Ramseyer, Nahinso, Sawua and
Aputuogya in Ashanti Region, Kumasi didn’t follow President’s order. They did
services for almost two (2) to three (3) hours.
Some of the members in these nine
churches were not happy about it but they had no option than to follow through.
Social distancing was also absent in some churches. The church leaders did not
also enforce wearing of nose mask to the auditorium. They only had veronica
buckets and sanitizers placed in front of the auditorium and they felt that was
enough.
It looked like five of these churches, their
head pastors had similar sermon topics. These pastors told their members that
the Coronavirus came to punish unbelievers and that it’s only unbelievers that
will die from the pandemic. Even if a believer gets the virus, God will wash it
out of their system and they will be strong again. So their members should not
be afraid but they should continue with their work as usual.
It looks like if government doesn’t
charge the police to move into the communities to monitor churches, they will
still violate the laws.
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