Coronavirus Church Closures Are Not Persecution

Coronavirus Church Closures Are Not Persecution Restrictions on worship are unsettling and, in some cases, illegal. But American Christians must protect the intensity and veracity of the term. Knox Thames

Amid mounting allusions to “persecution” because of the closure of churches on health grounds due to the pandemic, I want to provide some respectful perspective for my fellow American Christians. I’ve worked my entire 20-year career on international religious freedom, meeting persecuted ...

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