Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches and COVID-19

To better understand how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting Pentecostal and Charismatic worshipping communities in England, MJR Trustee Dr Joe Aldred, in his role with Churches Together in England has held conversations with all 23 CTE members that make up the Pentecostal and Charismatic Forum. His findings are summarised in this document.

There are three sections:

COVID-19 in terms of challenges, opportunities, and expected future impact (including concerns about BAME over-representation in statistics.
Financial impact of COVID-19.
The effects of conspiracy and apocalyptic theories linking COVID-19 to 5G technology, and a vaccine to the mark of the beast.

Read it here.

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