At the taping of this podcast, the world is going through a pandemic and a needed up rise for racial injustice; however, in the midst of it all, the church in the way it has traditionally been effective isn’t able to be effective based on churches being closed.

There’s been backlash and disparity between whether churches can be open in this climate due to the pandemic, and there has been backlash to why churches are close. There has also been division between the body of Christ itself on the position of opening churches or keeping them close. They have had spiritual leaders call the churches that have remained closed faithless, and other spiritual leaders call the churches that have remained open unwise by putting people in danger. This podcast will be the first in a series called, “The Faith of the Church”.

We will call part 1: “Should the door of the Church Be Open”. We are addressing the position of keeping the church open versus the position of them staying closed, based on faith.

A pastor that has received national recognition based on his stance during this pandemic resides in Louisiana by the name of Tony Spell. Pastor Spell is the senior pastor for Life Tabernacle Church in Central, Louisiana. Pastor Spell was arrested on March 31 and charged with six misdemeanors for violating the order, but he has vowed to continue holding services.