Popular internet preacher and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Tennessee, Greg Locke, who insists his church will stay open during the coronavirus pandemic, said Facebook removed his post about this Sunday’s service, accusing it of “promoting a crime.”
“I’m beyond fired up at this point.!!! Y’all need to WAKE UP. Facebook removed my service announcement post and said to keep the church open was promoting a crime. WE ARE NOT CLOSING!!!” Locke declared in a tweet Friday.
The tweet contained a screenshot of a notice that appears to be from Facebook warning him that a post promoting a gathering at his church on Sunday was harmful, saying: “Your post goes against our Community Standards on coordinating harm and promoting crime.”
I’m beyond fired up at this point.!!! Y’all need to WAKE UP. Facebook removed my service announcement post and said to keep the church open was promoting a crime. WE ARE NOT CLOSING!!! #FridayThoughts #CoronaCrisis pic.twitter.com/oBXwxAFzrS
— Pastor Greg Locke (@pastorlocke) March 20, 2020
The Trump administration recently issued guidelines recommending that social gatherings include no more than 10 people to promote social distancing to help stop or slow down the spread of the virus and allow the health care system to more readily care for patients over time.
While some churches are abiding by these recommendations, Locke, explained in a recent post on Facebook why he cannot afford to close his church.
“It seems like every single day the government is giving us new mandates and suggestions from 100 people gathering to 50 people gathering to 10 people gathering and it’s all about social distancing. You know, sometimes pastors have some very difficult decisions to make on behalf of their sheep and their church. Our church is going to respond in a way that I realize many people are going to be critical of. We have to do what we feel is in the greater context and demographic of our local church,” Locke began.
SOURCE: Christian Post, Leonardo Blair
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