A controversial charismatic California megachurch known for its unorthodox belief that faithful prayers will heal the sick and can raise the dead has announced that amid a vast coronavirus outbreak they are suspending visits to hospitals and canceling mission trips.
According to the Sacramento Bee, Aaron Tesauro, a spokesperson for Bethel Church in Redding, California, released an email statement this week noting that “through email communications, signage, and church announcements, we are actively encouraging health practices and precautions to our whole community.”
This includes suspension of ‘faith-healing’ hospital visits from both Bethel Church members and students at Bethel’s School of Supernatural Ministry housed in the Redding campus.
“We believe that wisdom, modern medicine, and faith are meant to work together, and express the value for each in the pursuit of continued health and healing,” the email added.
Many of the 2,400 students at the School of Supernatural Ministry have become well known in their community for approaching and praying for people in hospitals and healthcare centers.
One woman told the Sacramento Bee that two Bethel students approached her on January 31, while she waited in the Mercy Medical Center emergency room.
Reportedly the students told her “they would pray over the people there and put Jesus in their hearts and this would heal us…
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