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Did the Pandemic spark Anti-Christian Hate Crime? Mississippi church burned

A conservative Holly Springs, Mississippi church that met during the Coronavirus Pandemic despite local orders to stop was burned in what investigators believe could be arson. Photographs from the scene shared on social media show that a message was spray painted in the parking lot.

According to a Facebook post by Dr. Phil Kidd, “They spray painted in the parking lot ‘You Will Stay Home Now You Hypocrite.’ Please pray for this pastor and the people as they journey through this situation: First Pentecostal Church of Holly Springs, MS.”

The church sued the city over the church’s constitutional right to meet during the Pandemic.