The world church in Busan held a face-to-face service attended by 1,090 people.

Some churches in Seoul and Busan are ignoring local government guidelines and warnings for non-face-to-face worship for the fight against Corona 19, and are causing controversy.

The city of Busan said on the 10th: “As a result of the inspection of the religious facilities, it was found that the two churches, Seegero and Seobu, violated the quarantine rules and conducted face-to-face worship.” Non-face-to-face worship is a principle in Busan, where social distancing step 2.5 was applied. However, gatherings of less than 20 people required for online worship are allowed.

Adoration with 1090 people

On this day, 1090 people attended the meeting at Seegero Church in Gangseo-gu, Busan, with a total of 3,500 members. On the 7th, about 250 people, including pastors and church members from 17 metropolitan cities, provinces, and 226 cities, counties, and gus across the country, gathered and held a gathering to call for in-person worship service. . The last sixth and third in-person services were attended by 300 and 1,000 people, respectively.

The city of Busan accused the church of violating the Infectious Disease Prevention and Management Act six times. The police also recently handed over the case to the prosecution in the opinion of the prosecution. The Gangseo-gu office issued a first warning to the church, which officially rejected the quarantine guidelines on the 8th and suspended the church on the 10th. On the 11th, if the facilities are inspected and violations of the quarantine guidelines are detected Like face-to-face worship, a facility closure order will be issued. A church official said: “Religious freedom guaranteed by the constitution is being violated. In accordance with social distancing, they are applying unfair and unfair quarantine rules. “

The Western Church also worships 560 people

West Church, which received an administrative order from the Seo-gu Office on the 7th to suspend operation of the facility, also held an in-person service with 560 members gathered that day. Previously, the West issued a first warning on December 30 last year when this church ignored quarantine guidelines and continued worship in person, and decided to suspend operations on the 7th. The West plans to issue an order to shut down the facilities of the church on the 11th.

In Seoul, Geumcheon-gu Vision of Jesus Holiness Church held a face-to-face service. This church was ordered to ban the gathering for violating quarantine rules, but on the first Sunday after the gathering ban, which had been held until the last 4, the first Sunday, 78 people attended the service in person. An official from Geumcheon-gu said, “We will decide to rethink, etc. in consultation with the city of Seoul.” Pastor Ahn Amugae, who was discharged from the hospital on the 2nd after receiving a confirmation from Corona 19 last month, insisted that he would file an administrative lawsuit against the government along with the Church of the World Way, saying the order of the Quarantine authorities to ban the meetings was ‘political quarantine’ and ‘church oppression’. to have.