An Idaho pastor who called himself a “no-mask” and prayed with his congregation against the local Musk ordinance has been in the hospital’s intensive care unit with Kovid-19 for more than two weeks.
The pastor of the Candlelight Christian Fellowship at the Core d’Alein, Van Valen, also wrote on Facebook in July, “It has been clearly and scientifically proven that many masks do not help prevent the Covid-19 transmission. “If someone wants to wear a mask, they should be allowed to do so. However, if they don’t, that’s fine too.” “
“An additional thought for those who believe in Jesus. There is no need to fear the cause or effect of Kovid-19,” he added.
The pastor wrote in a notice on the church’s website on Thursday that he was marking 15 days in intensive care and said he would be there for “a few more days.” Following a church update earlier this week, Van Noy said he felt he was “starting to turn corners for the really good”, although he was still on oxygen support.
Van Noy encouraged the congregation to meet in his absence at his instruction.
He said he had kept the church closed for 13 days starting Aug. 31, but services resumed this past Sunday with “understandably low attendance.”
“It’s time to go back to church,” he said. He wrote, “I want to encourage you all to reunite this Sunday and don’t let anything stop you from doing so.”
At least six church members have tested positive for coronavirus, NHK-affiliated KHQ reported.
“I am personally a servant-masker,” Van Noy told his congregation during his July sermon. In which he also asked members of Congress to pray that local officials do not pass the mask order.
“I don’t want to say I have to wear a mask,” he said from the podium. “We are adults and the government does not need to tell us what to do.”
When Nondale ordered the Health District Health Board to face-off for Kutenai County, Van Noy wrote in a Facebook post that Congress does not need to comply because he estimates the church is a membership organization and a place covered by the “not public” mask rule.
He wrote, “We reserve the right to refuse to enter a non-number at our discretion.”
The pastor concluded that “while good leadership and submission to local and federal authority is divine and biblical … in this case the circumstances do not need to be presented,” the pastor concluded.
A few weeks later, on 14 Aug Gust, Van Nyoy wrote on Facebook, apparently with whom he had no link but the so-called “good reading”, “the turn is flat, the CDC, WHO, Dr. O. Fausi, our governors, and many others Were completely wrong about the potential danger of the virus. “
“If you’re still living in fear, don’t be. The media, global organizations, the government and its agencies mislead people in public.” “Open up your businesses, churches and homes. Don’t fall for lies anymore. If you fall for lies this time, stay awake and join the army of truth-seekers fighting on the front lines.”
Van Noy’s wife, Brenda, also got the coronavirus, but earlier this month she wrote on Facebook that she “didn’t take this covid seriously.”
“I am polite. I have Kovid and some of my friends are Kovid now but more seriously my husband is taking serious treatment in ICU with Kovid and he is serious. Please take this seriously,” he wrote.
