▲ At the entrance of a Protestant church in Seo-gu, Gwangju, a public official who went through on-site inspection of religious facilities is urging believers attending face-to-face worship to comply with the administrative order prohibiting gathering.
Despite an administrative order prohibiting gatherings that completely banned face-to-face worship, a church in Gwangju gathered together to conduct face-to-face worship.
According to the city of Gwangju, A church in Ssangchon-dong, Seo-gu, Gwangju, held a worship service with more than 100 members gathered today.
On the 28th, more than 60 members gathered to worship this church.
Even though Gwangju City, Seo-gu, and the police caught the violation of the gathering ban and prohibited face-to-face worship, Church A continued to conduct face-to-face worship.
During the crackdown process, it is said that church officials and members strongly opposed and even fought.
The city of Gwangju has accused church officials and members of the church attending worship for violating the Infectious Disease Prevention Act.
Gwangju City issued an administrative order equivalent to step 3 and banned face-to-face worship altogether after the number of confirmed patients from the parent church attended by the Gwanghwamun meeting members.
Today, the first holiday after the ban on worship service, 1,480 out of 1,492 churches in Gwangju stopped face-to-face worship (752) or held online worship (728).
An official from Gwangju City explained, "Because online worship requires filming, up to 9 people are required to gather. Taking this into account, we plan to take administrative measures for some churches where members are gathered."
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