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I am worried about the church service tomorrow (23rd). Only non-face-to-face worship is permitted in the metropolitan area and some local churches. Some churches are against this.

This is reporter Minjung Kim.

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metropolitan areas such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, gatherings at church were banned from the 19th.

This is to prevent the spread of corona from churches after the Liberation Day rally.

To meet the first Sunday service tomorrow (23rd), Gyeongnam, Gwangju Metropolitan City, and Sejong City also ordered or recommended non-face-to-face worship.

In the case of non-face-to-face worship, only 20 people or less can stay in the chapel for online worship, and it is prescribed to proceed without a choir.

SBS checked and found that 22 out of 24 large churches in Seoul were preparing for non-face-to-face worship.

However, there were some churches in Gangseo-gu, Seoul that said they would not block the coming gods even by opening the side door, due to internal opinions.

[Congregation at Gangseo-gu, Seoul: Instead of closing the front door, I open the doors next to them and let them enter. (The pastor in charge) thinks that worship that does not come to the field and worship is not a worship service.] The

city ​​of Seoul is conducting a major inspection of 700 Protestant churches by tomorrow to ensure that non-face-to-face worship is observed. .

On the other hand, Masses and Buddhist Laws of the Catholic Church are not restricted by complying with the existing quarantine rules.

"As the ban on face-to-face worship is a high-intensity restriction, it is only targeting Protestant churches with confirmed cases," the authorities said.

He also explained that the Mass and the Judiciary are regularly held religious events, so they are not included in the ban on gatherings of more than 50 people for one-time meetings.

(Video editing: Seungyeol Lee)