Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton convened a call with the
heads of the nation’s largest historically Black religious
denominations and other faith leaders to call on clergy to refrain from
having church services as we head into Palm Sunday and Easter Holy
Week. The public appeal is being made following the arrest of a
Louisiana megachurch pastor for holding Sunday services
and a separate criminal action against a Florida pastor, who held
services over the weekend that drew large crowds, willfully violating a local coronavirus stay-at-home order.
“I have been arrested over thirty times for civil rights and
civil disobedience—twice for ninety days and another forty-five days for
standing up for people’s civil and human rights," said Rev. Al Sharpton." These separate incidents involving leaders of faith putting people’s
lives in danger is not a matter of civil or human rights, nor is it a
statement of faith. It is self-aggrandizing, reckless behavior of those
Shepherds who would risk their sheep rather than
lead their sheep.”
Under
the leadership of Reverend Al Sharpton and NAN Board Chair Reverend W.
Franklyn Richardson, Chairman of the Conference of National Black
Churches (CNBC), a series of calls will
continue to be conducted to discourage the growing number of churches
that say Palm Sunday and Holy Week should be observed in person.
Source: Karen Mustiga
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