> > From Jimmy Han: > Righteous Baptist pastors in UK wrote this letter to the editor at *The > Telegraph*. As you know already, many Christians are being attacked > during this crisis for exercising their freedom of religion and assembly, > but, as a Christian myself, I believe it’s important for us all to fight > the numerous restrictions imposed by our government and the PTB. > > > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2020/09/24/letters-lockdown-suppresses-covid-19-no-vaccine-must-live/ > > *Baptist call to resist* > > SIR – In the absence of any serious resistance to the regulations imposed > upon the Church, we feel compelled to voice dismay at the ongoing incursion > of the state into congregational life. > > We urge Christian communities to push back, as appropriate, not only in > the precincts of church gatherings but also in the routines of everyday > life. > > The ostensible reason for lockdown, namely to “save the NHS,” has long > since passed. Notwithstanding the latest modelling predictions and apparent > increase in infections, death rates from Covid-19 are very low. > > Therefore, unless there is a view that the Government can actually > eradicate the virus, not to mention mortality, we should resist being > instructed in the way that we are. We should take all commonsense > precautions, and then urge congregations and fellow citizens to get on with > their business. > > If we do not act now, then masking our faces, shaming our neighbours, and > a national culture of fear will indeed become the “new normal”. > > Our children’s education will be irrevocably damaged. The economy, which > is the basis of the NHS’s future, will cease to provide. Ironically, the > physical and mental health of our country will deteriorate further. > > And our churches, which ought to be under our own jurisdiction, will > become a shadow of the light they could be in our land – nothing more than > a leisure activity. > > As Baptists we have a long history of dissent. As Nonconformists we are > not bound by the constraints of the establishment. What we urge now, > however, is not simply for the freedom of our own Christian communities, > but of the country that we love > > Rev Dr Ian Stackhouse > > Rev Dr Alasdair Black > > Bishop Francis Sarpong > > Rev Philip Fellows > > Peter Jeffery > > Guildford, Surrey > ---
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