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Published: February 23, 2021

Wife of jailed Candadian pastor tells supporters: The best way to protest is to ‘open your churches’

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EDMONTON, Alberta, February 23, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The wife of incarcerated Canadian Pastor James Coates said to a large crowd gathered at the jail where her husband is being held that the best way to protest her husband’s imprisonment is to “open your churches.” 

“People keep asking us what can you do for us? Open your churches. Open your churches! Take a stand for the Lord Jesus Christ and take a stand for the people! Love them, open the doors, that’s what we need to do right now,” said Erin Coates, during a protest demanding her husband be freed.

“People are hurting they need to hear about Christ’s Love, they need to hear about him who has paid the penalty for sin so that they can be reconciled through God.”

Erin told the crowd of hundreds of supportive protestors, gathered at Edmonton Remand Centre (where her husband is being held), that it was “overwhelming” to receive so much support.

Coates is the pastor of Grace Life Church (Grace Life) located in Spruce Grove, Alberta, which is close to

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