CALGARY, Alberta, May 28, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian pastor who was jailed for defying COVID-19 health rules called upon his premier to “honor God and the freedom he has granted to his church and all men.”
“Let me remind you that I, and other Christians, are doing this out of conviction and obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ. Nothing that we may suffer compares to what he suffered for us,” wrote Pastor Tim Stephens of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta, in a May 24 open letter about “government overreach” to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party (UCP) MLAs.
“The church is not a building, it is a gathering or assembly of believers with Jesus Christ as its head. Human government can attempt to force compliance in defiance to the commands of Christ, but the kingdom of Christ will outlast and overcome all human jurisdictions. Christians serve a higher law and a higher authority.”
Stephens was arrested in front of his family and jailed on Sunday, May 16, after holding an indoor church service which went against the provincial government’s rules that at the time limited church services to just 15 people. From today, Alberta churches are
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