Nashville, Tenn. | The majority of U.S. churches say they are holding in-person services, but churchgoers have yet to attend in the numbers they did before the coronavirus pandemic struck. According to the latest survey from LifeWay Research, 87% of Protestant pastors in the U.S. say their church met in person in September, while 13% […]
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Some Illinois zones face new COVID limits
Springfield | As Gov. J.B. Pritzker tightened COVID-related restrictions in suburban Chicago and the southeastern corner of the state, pastors debated their meeting plans and two churches continued their fight to stop the limitations. Pritzker’s announcement Oct. 20 affects Zone 5, which includes Mt. Vernon, Marion, and the surrounding area. He also renewed limits on […]
Some COVID restrictions return for Metro East
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and public health officials have announced renewed restrictions for the state’s Metro East region, due to three consecutive days of a COVID-19 positivity over 8%. Positivity rate is one of the metrics that can trigger new mitigations if an area is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. Under the new restrictions […]
COVID-19 cases rise in southern Illinois
Carbondale | Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker addressed the surge of COVID-19 in southern Illinois Aug. 4, calling the situation “worse than in Chicago.” The city and surrounding counties were the state’s hot spot for the first months of the pandemic, but as cases increase in other regions of the state, businesses and churches could face […]
Rising counts delay some church reopenings
Smaller churches appear to have some advantage over larger bodies as efforts to resume in-person worship gatherings continue, despite the emergence of new hot spots. The number of churches that don’t plan to reopen until “sometime next year” has grown from 1% to 5% in a month, according to researcher George Barna. The most recent […]
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