In America, churches have been shuttered for many months depending on the state. While some pastors have bravely opened their doors, pushing back against arbitrary lockdown restrictions, many churches have simply remained closed. In Canada, a team of officers—a Calgary police officer, officials from Alberta Health Services, and the City of Calgary Bylaw services—interrupted a service last Saturday night in an attempt to harass the pastor, Artur Pawlowski. He wasn't happy to see them. His response, which is recorded, went viral.
Pawlowski barely lets the female officer, who appears to be leading the group, say a word when he tells her and the rest of her companions to get out. He yells "Get out!" or "Out of this property now!" repeatedly.
The furious pastor escalates toward the end of the video unleashing a verbal tirade filled with the kind of righteous indignation men of courage seem to have. "Don't come back you Nazi psychopaths. Unbelievable. Sick. Evil people. Intimidating people in a church during the Passover! You Gestapo Nazi Communist Fascists. Passover. The holiest Christian festival in a year and they're coming to intimidate Christians during the holiest festival," Pawlowski says looking into the camera.
He told the Daily Caller this wasn't the first time he'd seen the group of officers—they had been harassing him for about 13 months—and perhaps explains his visceral reaction to their ongoing campaign to disrupt churches under the guise of mandated lockdowns. (more...)
Canadian Pastor Pawlowski shows how American churches should have responded to closures
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