Morrison said his church on Shirley Street and East Street will not host “any parking lot service. Individuals over 65 or with comorbidities have been asked not to attend drive-up services. Offering baskets are not allowed to be passed from vehicle to vehicle, but offering stations are allowed. I would dare say, to go further, that more pastors need to take their stance and more persons who practice their faith and take their faith seriously ought to take their stance and act on the courts of the house of the Lord.”Ī new order released on Friday outlines that worship services not exceeding an hour could resume on New Providence and several Family Islands, as long as worshippers stay in their vehicles and adhere to social distancing protocols put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those things are out of the purview of the government. The government does not have the power to tell the church that it must keep service in a parking lot. The government does not have the power to tell the church that it can only keep service for an hour. It is recalling the salvific activity of God and Jesus Christ on Golgotha’s hill and no government has the authority to tell the church that it cannot keep the Lord’s table. Anne Stych JBrave Church of Miami and four members of the church’s board of directors have been dropped from a lawsuit alleging that its pastor, David Stocker, Jr., engaged in extramarital affairs with at least three members of his congregation and used a church credit card to fund activities, including a trip to New York City. “The Eucharist, the Lord’s supper, the table of the Lord, is the highest form of Christian worship. Brave Church of Miami and four members of the church’s board of directors have been dropped from a lawsuit alleging that its pastor, David Stocker, Jr., engaged in extramarital affairs with at least three members of his congregation and used a church credit card to fund activities, including a trip to New York City. The alleged victim is seeking damages in excess of 5 million. “…No government has the authority to tell the church it can’t keep Sunday school,” Morrison told The Nassau Guardian. MIAMI A lawsuit was filed against the Archdiocese of Miami Tuesday by a man who claims he was sexually assaulted by a priest in 1989. He was assigned to the Mississippi Area in 2000, where he served until retiring in 2004 and joining the faculty of Duke University Divinity School. He was assigned to the Nashville Episcopal Area, effective 1 September 1992. Morrison yesterday blasted new protocols that permit churches on New Providence to hold services in parking lots amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that the government “does not have the power” to tell the church what to do, the Nassau Guardian reported on May 25. At the time he was the pastor of the Church Street U.M.C. Brave Church is a multigenerational church of around 750 people, that has a heart for discipleship through community and relationship. NASSAU, Bahamas - Zion Baptist Church Pastor T.G. Website bravemiami (Instagram) Brave Church. Morrison is pictured in this photo taken during a service on March 1, 2015.