A California megachurch that defied its county’s health restrictions and held indoor services has changed course and is now holding outdoor services in its parking lot.
North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara, Calif, had tallied more than $50,000 in fines, with its pastor, Jack Trieber, recording social media-style videos urging the county to back down.
But on Sunday, Trieber led the congregation in an outdoor service and indicated the church would be in the parking lot for the near future, although he still hopes the two sides can come to an agreement. Attendees stayed in their cars and tuned to a radio station to hear him, honking their horns in place of “amens.”
Trieber said he came to the decision to hold outdoors services after much prayer and fasting.
“We have been so conditioned in America [that] we have to fight everything,” Trieber said.
Trieber read from Exodus 14:14 – “The Lord shall fight for you” — and said he was handing the battle to God instead of personally fighting it. In Scripture, Trieber said, “God fought many of the battles with the people doing nothing.”
“I believe the battle is the Lord’s,” he said.
Santa Clara County had filed a lawsuit against the church but has dropped it in light of the church moving its services outdoors, he said.
“To me, that’s a victory,” Trieber said.
Trieber urged…
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