This week, a defiant evangelical pastor from Virginia who ignored social distancing guidelines by refusing to cancel church services died from coronavirus.
Bishop Gerald O. Glenn of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Richmond, Virginia held his last in-person service on March 22, during which he said he was “essential” because “I’m a preacher!
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