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TEXANS VOTE IN FAVOR OF PROHIBITING GOVERNMENTS FROM LIMITING RELIGIOUS SERVICES
John Greiner, who pastors the nondenominational Glorious Way Church in Houston, called the measure crucial. He said individual churches and people who go to church “should be in charge of their own health care decisions, their own risks-to-reward behaviors.” “The...
TEXANS WILL VOTE IN NOVEMBER ON WHETHER GOVERNMENTS CAN LIMIT RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Read the full story on Religion News Service. But to John Greiner, who pastors Glorious Way Church in Houston, this measure is crucial. Last year, Greiner joined three other pastors in filing a petition with the Texas Supreme Court calling for Harris County Judge Lina...
TAMPA PASTOR LIVE-STREAMS SERMON AS CORONAVIRUS FORCES…
“We fought to meet this way, and I know not everybody understands, because there is a lot of fear and panic out there,” Pastor John Greiner told attendees at Houston’s Glorious Way Church, which held two in-person services Sunday morning. The church said it would...
WHY SOME CHURCHES ARE HOLDING IN-PERSON EASTER SERVICES….
“If it’s a crisis, the church should be able to dispel fear and panic and not join in with the fear and panic,” the church’s pastor John Greiner told the Texas Tribune. “We can’t really make a difference in our world just online.” Read the full story at...
HOW TEXAS CHURCHES ARE PREPARING FOR A SOCIALLY DISTANT EASTER
“If it’s a crisis, the church should be able to dispel fear and panic and not join in with the fear and panic. We can’t really make a difference in our world just online. We’re one power failure away from being shut down,” Greiner said. Read the full story in the...
RENEGADE PASTORS STILL HOLDING EASTER SERVICES DESPITE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Read the full story on the New York Post A number of renegade pastors expect to fill their pews Easter Sunday, defying a plea by President Trump to keep the faithful home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Houston’s Glorious Way Church live-streamed services for...
SOME CHURCHES WILL OPEN FOR EASTER SUNDAY: “GOD WILL SHIELD US FROM ALL HARM AND SICKNESS”
Some churches tried the livestream option but said that Easter is simply too big of a holiday to do over the Internet. “If it’s a crisis, the church should be able to dispel fear and panic and not join in with the fear and panic. We can’t really make a difference in...
SOME CHURCHES CONFRONT VIRUS RESTRICTIONS ON EASTER SERVICES
The Rev. John Greiner said the Glorious Way Church in Houston initially moved services online after the county limited large gatherings, but his congregation will hold in-person services on Easter. “We can’t do what God called us to do on livestream,” Greiner said....
GROUP SUES HARRIS COUNTY JUDGE OVER VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO WORSHIP AND PEACEABLY ASSEMBLE
The CEO of a Texas hospital company and a conservative group is filing suit seeking to overturn a district judge's order banning church services in the state. Dr. Steven Hotze filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the State District Court in Harris County requesting that Judge...
LOCAL CHURCHES FILE LAWSUIT TO CONDUCT RELIGIOUS SERVICES…
Pastor John Greiner, who founded Glorious Way Church in the Champions Forest area of northwest Harris County 25 years ago, held an 'in-Church" service Sunday for 99 congregants that were polled before entry and were distanced from each other within the 1,000 seat...
THE GOVERNMENT’S INFRINGEMENT ON RELIGION DURING CORONAVIRUS
Well, thank you, Michael, for having me on. We joined the lawsuit because we could not accept the designation of being non-essential. I mean, they didn't say it, but by virtue of the fact we weren't mentioned as essential services that meant that we could not open....
HOUSTON CHURCH TO HOLD SERVICE DESPITE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STAY…
“Legally or illegally, we’re going to have church,” said Greiner. “There’s no compelling reason for them to take our rights." See the full story on Houston's Fox 26
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