Religious Liberty and COVID-19: What You Need to Know

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Dear friend,

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create many challenges for churches. While the vast majority of church and civic leaders have worked well together in this moment, we do know some religious liberty concerns have been raised in a few areas. At the same time, we are aware that some pastors are navigating the difficult decisions about how and when to reopen their services and ministries.

We will continue to speak into and provide resources to help you in this moment.

To that end, I wanted to highlight our newest resources for you along these lines:

Below are several other resources we have created that may be helpful to you and your church about the work your Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is doing to equip and protect the congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention.

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to reply to this email or contact me here.

We are praying for you and your church always.

For the Kingdom,

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