Evidence Suggests That Evangelical Churches Meeting During a Pandemic Are Helping to Worsen COVID-19 and Accelerate the Spread in the United States. Also Ed Stetzer Responds to a New York Times Article

There are a number of stories emerging that reveal how COVID-19 outbreaks can be tied back to evangelical churches. Many clamored to re-open only to become tools to transmit the virus. This blog was noticing this development when the New York Times published an article about this issue on July 8, 2020. That article drew Ed Stetzer’s ire in a Christianity Today article which is also covered in this blog post.

Recommended Read in the Los Angeles Times: Churches Spark Outrage by Defiantly Holding Services Despite Coronavirus Orders

The Los Angeles Times had a solid article about how some evangelicals are causing outrage as they choose to meet in the name of religious freedom. In the process they are spreading the COVID-19 virus more in their communities.