Seegero Church in Gangseo-gu, Busan is a large church. There are approximately 3,500 members in attendance. It is a very big church in Busan. Seero Church is strongly against the government’s quarantine guidelines. During the Sunday worship service on the 3rd, as many as 1,000 members attended and held a face-to-face service. In the current quarantine guidelines, face-to-face worship with more than 20 people is prohibited.
Pastor Sohn Hyun-bo, the head of Seegero Church, Gangseo-gu, Busan, who is conducting face-to-face worship against the government’s quarantine guidelines [사진 세계로교회]
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Senior Pastor Son Hyeon-bo of Seero Church is in the position of “I will try to the end”. He sees the’prevention method for infectious diseases’, which has been implemented since December 30 last year, as oppression against the church. They complain that the suppression of church worship is stronger than that of bathhouses, cinemas, and restaurants. Saegero Church has been warned by local governments for violating the quarantine guidelines, is prosecuted by the police, and said that it will go to the end even if the church is closed. Where is the end? I’m going to get a final judgment in court through legal action.
The issue is’equity in government quarantine policy’. This is because the church has different quarantine standards than multi-use facilities such as bathhouses, movie theaters, and restaurants. In the case of churches, large chapels have thousands of people, and small chapels have 10-20 people. It makes sense to consider the area of the entire worship space and set a limit of 10% or 20% in proportion to it. However, whether it is a chapel with thousands of people or a chapel with only 20 people, government authorities uniformly limit the number of people to 20.
![The interior of the chapel of Seegero Church, which belongs to a very large large church in Busan. [사진 세계로교회]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/08/e497e1b6-73b6-4e02-a30b-e74dcee21cc1.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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The interior of the chapel of Seegero Church, which belongs to a very large large church in Busan. [사진 세계로교회]
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Probably, the fact that Sunday worship at church has been the main channel of COVID-19 group infection has played a big role. However, the government’s quarantine standards need to be more specific and applied more realistically. When I meet Protestant people these days, I complain about this with different voices. Apart from progress and conservative.
Senior Pastor Son Hyeon-bo is a far-right stance that actively supports Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon. Pastor Sohn defines the Moon Jae-in administration as the “Jusaka regime”. He said, “The regime is taking every step to destroy the church. It is a clear Satanic scheme to persecute the church using the coronavirus,” he said.
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Pastor Kwang-hoon Jeon is promoting the political power of Christianity. In the general election, he is trying to advance into the hospital through a Christian party. News 1
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Recently, Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon, who dreams of’the political power of Christianity’, left the detention center. He was convicted of violating the Public Official Election Act and was acquitted at the first trial. Strangely, Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon leaves the detention center in the offensive of the’Face-to-Face Worship’ of the Seero Church. It’s as if it was predicting a massive counterattack by the Protestant far-right camp centered on Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon.
In fact, most Protestants shook their heads at Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon’s political rally. I didn’t agree. Rather, he was angry, saying, “Christianity is reproached unfairly because of those people.” However, regardless of the size of the chapel, most Protestants are regretting the uniform quarantine guidelines limiting attendance to 20 people. This is because if the chapel space is large, social distancing is possible enough even if 10% of them attend.
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Pastor Kwang-Hoon Jeon held a large-scale rally in Gwanghwamun despite the coronavirus phase, and was also engulfed in controversy over the coronavirus group infection. yunhap news
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It is feared that the less elaborate quarantine guidelines of the government authorities are giving Protestant far-right forces a’justification’ for conducting face-to-face worship.
Religious reporter Baek Sung-ho [email protected]
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