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  • 'Chair for one': Creating community for singles as onsite worship resumes
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, May 28, 2020 (one month ago)

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    DULUTH, Ga. (BP) -- Singles ministry consultant Paul "P.J." Dunn has visited several churches planning to resume onsite worship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    "So there's no chair for one?" Dunn asked one pastor who was grouping sanctuary chairs for social distancing. "He just kind of smiled and said, 'Well if we did that, we couldn't have as many people.' ... So singles didn't take a priority in that. And he didn't mean it negatively, but socially, that's just kind of how we're trained, is that you come in a couple, you come in a group. You don't come alone." Read More

  • Churches grapple with whether to require masks
    by Tobin Perry/Southern Baptist TEXAN, posted Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (one month ago)

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    As churches regather for in-person worship amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders grapple with whether to require worshipers to wear masks. Read More

  • Trump calls churches 'essential' as Baptist leaders urge equal treatment in reopening
    by Tom Strode, posted Friday, May 22, 2020 (one month ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- Southern Baptist leaders are urging government officials to treat churches and other religious groups more justly in their reopening policies regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

    The calls for change came after churches in Minnesota and California told their governors they would begin holding in-person services in defiance of policies they consider to be unequal in treatment. Guidelines issued by Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gavin Newsom of California are less restrictive on retail businesses than they are on religious groups. Read More

  • 57 days and counting: Kentucky church has online service streak

    by Mark Maynard/Kentucky Today, posted Monday, May 11, 2020 (2 months ago)

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    LOUISA, Ky. (BP) -- Louisa First Baptist Church Pastor Chuck Price didn't set out to break any records when he committed to doing daily online services when the coronavirus pandemic first arrived.

    "We thought it was going to be two weeks," he said. "Now we're on day 57." Read More

  • Fellowship Church 'blown away' by response to on-site worship

    by George Schroeder, posted Friday, May 08, 2020 (2 months ago)

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    GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) -- They wore masks. They maintained plenty of distance. They worshiped. They ... cried.

    Despite planning for weeks, leaders of Fellowship Church weren't quite sure what to expect when they resumed in-person worship services last weekend (May 2-3). Ed Young Jr., senior pastor of the multisite church, knew people wanted to get back to church after weeks isolated because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The response, he said, "blew me away." Read More

  • 'Be our guest': Onsite worship resumes at various churches
    by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, May 04, 2020 (2 months ago)

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    FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) -- The joyful hospitality Sunday in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church of Farmersville reminded Pastor Bart Barber of a scene from the fairytale musical "Beauty and the Beast."

    The worship service at First Farmersville was the first time in weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic that church members had greeted, ushered, played music or performed any number of other volunteer activities inside the sanctuary. Read More