{"id":13626,"date":"2020-04-02T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=13626"},"modified":"2020-04-02T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:28:49","slug":"pastor-plans-to-host-woodstock-like-easter-service-in-protest-of-stay-at-home-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2020\/04\/pastor-plans-to-host-woodstock-like-easter-service-in-protest-of-stay-at-home-orders","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Plans to Host \u2018Woodstock\u2019-Like Easter Service in Protest of \u2018Stay at Home\u2019 Orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13629\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2020\/04\/people-woman-praise-worship-e1585833989259.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13629\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2020\/04\/people-woman-praise-worship-e1585833989259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">piqsels.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Pennsylvania pastor says he is planning an outdoor \u201cWoodstock\u201d-like Easter service despite anti-coronavirus quarantine orders.<\/p>\n<p>Evangelist Jonathan Shuttlesworth says he will have an \u201coutdoor Easter blowout service,\u201d Fox News reports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m gonna announce it\u2026We\u2019re gonna hold an outdoor Easter blowout service. Not online. A national gathering. You come from all over, like Woodstock. And we\u2019re gonna gather and lift up Jesus Christ,&#8221; Shuttlesworth said.<\/p>\n<p>His announcement came shortly after a Florida pastor was arrested for holding in-person Sunday services. This pastor was also accused of violating quarantine orders by holding the service at his River at Tampa Bay Church.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m not ashamed that Dr. Rodney (Howard-Browne) got arrested,\u201d Shuttlesworth said. \u201cI\u2019m ashamed that when they wanted to arrest preachers for having church, in an entire state, there was only one to come for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also went to Twitter to talk about Howard-Browne\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pastor arrested for having a church service in his own building on Sunday, just like 1938 Germany&#8230; and just like 1938 Germany, other pastors say nothing, or applaud the arrest!,&#8221; Shuttlesworth wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Howard-Browne was not the only pastor to have recently been charged for violating quarantine measures.<\/p>\n<p>Louisiana pastor Tony Spell was arrested for various counts of violating the state\u2019s orders on prohibition of public assembly and large gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>Close to 5,000 people have died from the coronavirus and cases have skyrocketed past 200,000 in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Stay-at-home orders and other quarantine measures have been implemented across the U.S. to prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennsylvania pastor says he is planning an outdoor \u201cWoodstock\u201d-like Easter service despite anti-coronavirus quarantine orders. Evangelist Jonathan Shuttlesworth says he will have an \u201coutdoor Easter blowout service,\u201d Fox News reports. &#8220;I\u2019m gonna announce it\u2026We\u2019re gonna hold an outdoor Easter blowout service. Not online. A national gathering. You come from all over, like Woodstock. 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