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NM Fines Churches $10,000 for ‘illegal and selfish’ Christmas Gatherings

December 31, 2020 by Staff

(ChurchLeaders) Two megachurches in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are among the latest in the U.S. to incur penalties for disregarding state COVID-19 restrictions. Calvary Church and Legacy Church are facing fines of $10,000 each for services they held over the Christmas holiday.

“We have taken the pandemic seriously from the start, and have prudent measures in place,” said Legacy Church in a statement about a service it held on Christmas Day. “But when governments exceed their constitutional authority and contradict what we are called on by God to do, we answer first to His authority.”

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