Reopening Prep for Churches

Some churches across the state are ready to welcome members back this Sunday.

Hear what some pastors have to say about reopening.

Some churches across the state are ready to welcome members back this sunday.

Governor tate reeves yesterday released recommended safety guidelines for worship.

Wcbi's bobby martinez talked to several pastors about reopening sanctuaries.

He joins us live with their reactions.

I spoke to two pastors here in lowndes county today who say they do have a plan in place for when they do decide to reopen..

Where safety for the people will be their number one priority.... "it's really been hard on a lot of churches."

The impact of covid-19 has placed churches in unfamiliar territory.

In an attempt to help prevent the spread of the corona virus..

Many churches placed their services on hold and have resorted to social media to spread the good word.

Pastor randy randle of community wide outreach ministry in columbus..

Hopes to reopen soon..

"i believe that we are going to be able to reopen pretty soon and i feel like our churches to come together and develop a strategy to open.

And he has plans to keep worshipers safe.

"the first step is to make sure that the church is sanitized before service and after service.

The second thing we want to do as a church is, we ordered a temperature checker that is no contact so that we can check peoples temps before they come in the church and if it exceeds 99.5 we would just tell them to omit until they go and seek a physician or the temperature comes back down."

Pastor sammy white of oakland missionary baptist church in crawford..

Feels the state is relaxing the restrictions too soon, but is happy there are guidelines to help pastors with ways to reopen safely.

"shortened soundbiteái'm looking at possibly having two services and also do you know, the sanitizing all the door knobs and things of that nature."

In the meantime... pastor white says he will continue to stick to the current plan when preaching to his people.

"we are able to do parking lot service, drive-in service.

So we are able to do and it is working out well for us.

Also facebook time, we are doing facebook service, so that's working out good.

So those are the mechanisms that is being put in place and our members of the church seem to adapt to it well."

And if you would like to know how your church is planning to reopen... it is advised you contact them by phone or social media..

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