"Police in Greenville, Miss., issued $500 tickets to Christians who gathered in a church parking lot to worship together in the safety of their cars on Wednesday.
The Christians at Temple Baptist Church intended to honor coronavirus social distancing restrictions while gathering to worship God, but the police cracked down, regardless.
Charles E. Hamilton Jr., pastor of King James Bible Baptist Church, raised the alarm on Facebook Wednesday evening.
...Parishioner Chris Owens shared a video of a police officer giving him a citation for attending the drive-in worship service.
In the video, Owens explains that the church wanted to comply with social distancing rules while still meeting for worship.
The officer issues the citation, regardless.
"One of the police officers said the mayor wanted to make an example of our church," Temple Baptist Church Pastor Arthur Scott told Todd Starnes.
"I told them to get some more tickets ready because we will be preaching Sunday morning and Sunday night."
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