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Seoul ○○ The church performs face-to-face worship on the first day of step 2.5
Face-to-face worship for two weeks in a row after last week
Church side “worship with full face-to-face worship” … Parallel to online worship
Ward office in charge “Persuasion of worship despite attempts to persuade … Revision of order prohibiting assembly”
On the first Sunday after the 2.5 social distancing step, some churches were still celebrating face-to-face worship.
As Corona 19 has already begun to spread across the country, concerns are mounting that the spread of local church communities is spreading out of control.
Reporter Hong Min-ki reports.
[기자]On Sunday morning, church members line up through the wide open church door.
Hymns are played in the chapel.
On the first day of the reinforced quarantine measures, called Step 2.5 of social distancing, we once again performed face-to-face worship.
Previously, this church was caught violating the order to restrict the gathering to Seoul last week, but it did not care at all and continued to worship face to face.
[교회 관계자 : (온라인 예배) 못 하시는 분들, 주변에 계신 분들인데, 그분들만 와서 예배드리는 거예요.]The church is also conducting online worship services in accordance with guidelines from quarantine authorities, but maintains that in-person worship cannot be abandoned.
[교회 집사 : 말씀을 예배를 통해 듣는데, 그걸 비대면으로, 어떻게 보면 온전하지 않은 예배를 드리라고 하는 사회의 법이….] [교회 교인 : 우리 나이에는 온라인 예배가 좀 그렇잖아요, 나이 먹은 사람들에게는.]About 20 members were confirmed to have gathered on the first and second floors of the chapel during this church’s Sunday service.
The ward office said that despite continued persuasion, the church continued to conduct face-to-face worship again and decided to review an order prohibiting gatherings to close the church.
[이인모 / 서울 중구청 행정지원국장 : 이쪽도 계속 얘기를 하고 있었는데, 오늘 (예배를) 하네요. 고발하고, 집합금지 명령을 하는 절차를 밟을 겁니다.]Confirmed Church-related cases surpassed 1,500 people in 12 locations in the metropolitan area, Chungnam and Gwangju this month alone.
Although face-to-face worship by the church has been pointed out as a leading cause of group infection in the community, the “umpteenth infection” of the church continues.
[정은경 / 중앙방역대책본부장(지난 28일) : 다른 교회나 요양시설, 직장 등 지역사회로 빠르게 감염이 확산하는 그런 양상을 보여주고 있습니다. 이러한 교회에서 촉발된 감염이 지역사회로 전파되어 확산 세가 지속하는 상황….]Quarantine authorities repeatedly demanded that the church itself strictly adhere to the reinforced rules of distancing, saying there are limitations only with coercion and administrative orders.
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