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California Pastor Vows Church Will Defy Lockdown Order, Says He’ll ‘Obey the Word of God’

July 15, 2020 by Staff

(Newsweek) California pastor Greg Fairrington told worshippers at his Destiny Christian Church they will still be able to attend in-person services this Sunday, despite Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest lockdown order.

“I believe my mandate as a pastor is to obey the word of God. Worship is a part of what we do together as a church corporately and we need to do this. This is important that we do this,” Fairrington said in a video posted to Facebook. “We are not going to allow the government to use data that is not supported factually to shut the church down.”

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