Our Present Dilemma: Dealing with the Coronavirus Pandemic

For some time we have considered our need to address the issues and implications that our church has faced with respect to the coronavirus and the expectations and demands that our government and communities are imposing on us. I have been hesitant to do so, however, for it seemed that insufficient time had lapsed to assess the events that have transpired and the actions of those in authority. I wish I was a man of Issachar that I might better understand the times and know what Israel ought to do. But I confess that I feel inadequate to speak clearly and authoritatively on these matters, but perhaps we see things now a little more distinctly than earlier. And so, I would like us to consider the course of action that we have taken and why we have done so and why we have not acted in ways that some believe that we should have done or should be doing. We need wisdom that God gives to His people, the ability to see the world and the events that take place from God's perspective and according to His purposes. May He grant us great grace in these difficult days.