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So, @JonathanLeeman wrote a contrarian piece against GCC opening up against the commands of CA government officials. See here, https://www.9marks.org/article/a-time-for-civil-disobedience-a-response-to-john-macarthur/
In the first point, he states that a church doesn't have to meet in doors. A church can gather outside, etc., or find all sorts of different solutions to this problem of meeting. He cites JD Greear's church splitting into several house churches, for example.
The problem w/ GCC is that the facility is limited to space. There is a tent where some can meet. Also, CA has forbidden any size groups from meeting. So house churches are out of the picture as well.
I find it interesting that Leeman chastens GCC for gathering against CA orders rather than offering alternative solutions when back on June 23rd he links a Thom Rainer podcast about churches gathering in person! https://twitter.com/JonathanLeeman/status/1275460170986987526?s=20
He of course got push back that resulted in this exchange,
Under his second point, he talks abt Gov. restricting churches in America's past, like WW2 & a congregations response. The idea being that it is not unreasonable for gov. to restrict church meetings for a pandemic. Okay.
But in late May, early June when riots & protests broke out, the gov. forbidding mass gatherings & fears of pandemics were thrown to the wind. 9Marks & all organized protest marches that included, MASS GATHERINGS! https://twitter.com/JonathanLeeman/status/1269646035095375874?s=20
All gov. have been wildly inconsistent w/ their enforcement of mass gatherings. Funerals can be held for civil rights leaders, but a widowed husband can't have one for his wife. Churches must meet in small numbers, but rioters can swarm in the street in great numbers.
With such a massive disconnect in his reasoning & contradiction in application of principle, you can understand why his "Response" is largely falling on deaf ears.
