Steinbach-area church choir, religious groups, out-of-province speakers draw defiant crowd outside Winnipeg courthouse
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Tobias Tissen sings with the Church of God choir at a protest supporting the seven churches fighting pandemic restrictions in court in front of the Law Courts in Winnipeg on Monday.
Undaunted by Monday afternoon s overcast chill, a choir from the Church of God Restoration near Steinbach stood unmasked on the back steps of the Manitoba Law Courts, belting out hymns to a large crowd gathered closely together on the lawn below.
Undaunted by Monday afternoon s overcast chill, a choir from the Church of God Restoration near Steinbach stood unmasked on the back steps of the Manitoba Law Courts, belting out hymns to a large crowd gathered closely together on the lawn below.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Dean Pritchard | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, May. 3, 2021 Save to Read Later
Only God has the authority to restrict church gatherings, a Steinbach area minister told a court hearing Monday for seven Manitoba churches fighting provincial pandemic restrictions limiting their right to assembly.
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Only God has the authority to restrict church gatherings, a Steinbach area minister told a court hearing Monday for seven Manitoba churches fighting provincial pandemic restrictions limiting their right to assembly. That is God’s jurisdiction, said Church of God (Restoration) minister Tobias Tissen. I don’t have the authority from God to do that.
Church of God appears to gather again, despite group size limits
A southeastern Manitoba church which repeatedly flouted public health orders banning worship services last year appears to have held an illegal in-person service on Sunday.
Social Sharing I think it s time to celebrate our gathering, speaker says in livestreamed service showing multiple people
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More than 40 kids are grouped closely together without masks as the Church of God in the RM of Hanover appears to resume in-person services.(Facebook/Church of God Steinbach)
A southeastern Manitoba church which repeatedly flouted public health orders banning worship services last year appears to have held an illegal in-person service on Sunday.
Church of God Steinbach in the Canadian province of Manitoba | Facebook/Church of God Steinbach
A province in Canada that previously banned drive-in events, including worship services, as part of an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 has changed their rules to allow them to take place.
Manitoba had previously prohibited churches from holding drive-in worship services, even if people stayed inside their vehicles and kept their windows closed.
However, during a press conference Tuesday, Premier Brian Pallister and chief public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced a loosening of the rules.
According to the new standards, drive-in worship will be allowed provided people attend only with members of their household and remain inside their cars.