Sandra lives on a quiet, quiet suburb outside Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Over the past few weeks, she has done everything right: “She holed up at home, and worked from a temporary office inside, in order to help stop the spread of the new (Corona) virus.”

But the huge Solid Rock Church on the same street has applied a different approach.

Despite the warnings of local and administration officials, the church has been evaluating its prayers, which number 1000 participants, and intends to keep its doors open in "one of the palm trees", which is the beginning of a holy week for the Christian churches.

"I think they should implement the laws of the country as the Bible calls us," said Sandra, who lives a few kilometers from the church, asking not to publish her last name.

The municipality of the region and health officials have asked the church to close its doors to no avail yet.

"We take all necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of anyone who comes to Solid Rock Church," Solid Rock Church said in a statement posted on its website. We have reduced our regular prayers, and there are no large numbers of worshipers in the building, but our doors are open and we continue to perform our religion. ”

Millions of American churches celebrate "one of the fronds" from the homes at the weekend, after the overwhelming majority of churches transmitted their prayers via the Internet, but there are churches like Solid Rock from Florida, to Texas, through California, open their doors and invite worshipers to attend the prayers in advance. the week. Louisiana pastor Tony Sabeel said: "We defy the regulations, because God commands us to spread the Bible."

Sabeel, 42, who plans to perform three prayers in his huge church, to which 1,000 worshipers come to in a Baton Rouge suburb of One of the Palms, defied state orders, and six legal offenses have already been brought against him.

He said, "Let's gather regardless of what anyone says." For Sabeel and others, public health orders are a threat to religious freedom and constitutional rights. On Facebook, Kelly Burton, a priest of Lone Star Baptist Church in Lone Star, Nexus State, wrote: “Satan tries to separate us, and keeps us from praying together, but we will not let him win.”

Solid Rock Church: "We take all necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of anyone who comes."