Churchgoers lose jobs because they attend a certain church... pastors are arrested... churches are threatened to be bulldozed... singing in church is prohibited... and home churches are banned. Can you guess in which country this is happening? Read on to find out… and don't forget, for a limited time, a generous challenge grant will double your gift's impact for religious freedom in the United States! -Mat

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If I described for you the conditions of churches in a country where...

• Only government-authorized churches are allowed to open
• In-home Bible studies and fellowships are banned
• Pastors are arrested for preaching
• Churchgoers lose their jobs for attending a church service
• Police block the entrances to church buildings
• Churches approved to meet must display a badge on their building
• Churches are threatened to be bulldozed for having more than 10 people in attendance

...you would probably think I was discussing some communist, militant Islamic or anti-God country. While all these things can and do happen every day to persecuted Christians and religious minorities around the world, the things I described above are happening right now in one or more of our legal cases -- right here in America!

Liberty Counsel currently has five federal lawsuits filed on behalf of churches in Maine, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois and California.

• In Maine, churches must apply to the state government for permission to operate. Only churches granted a state-issued "badge" of approval are allowed to operate. The badge must be displayed on the outside of the building.

• In Virginia, a pastor was arrested for having just six people more than the governor's illogical 10-person order at his Palm Sunday church service. Police officers remained stationed in the church parking lot to warn prospective attendees away.

• In Kentucky, 14 people were put on mandatory 14-day quarantine, the equivalent of house arrest, for simply attending a drive-in-stay-in-your-own-car Easter Sunday service. As a result, many of those churchgoers lost their "essential service" jobs and have been unable to find new work.

• In Illinois, the state and local governments targeted Romanian immigrant churches – towing the cars of neighbors around the church to gin up hate and resentment against the church, using police vehicles to block the church parking lot, and even threatening to seize and demolish the church buildings should the church meet with more than 10 people inside.

• In California, all religious singing and chanting is banned and in 32 counties, representing 80% of the California population, people cannot worship in church, including a ban on Bible studies or fellowship in their own homes.

You would think I was taking about repressive countries where such things happen every day and believers have been driven underground into secret meetings. Yet these are just a sampling of the unbelievable restrictions and government abuse happening in America.

And this does not include the outrageous stories we have heard from the approximately 2,000 pastors in 44 states whom we are counseling on navigating their own state and local officials' unconstitutional edicts.

DON'T LET AMERICA'S CHURCHES BE DRIVEN UNDERGROUND!

Yet, at the same time, nearly all these tyrannical state and local officials have endorsed and encouraged the non-social distanced and often violent riots tearing America apart!

The body of Christ in the United States is under attack... but thank God for YOU.

YOUR continued support of Liberty Counsel makes it possible for us to defend American churches under attack by governors and local officials who think themselves to be the "high priests" of every religion, able to dictate religious practices at will.

Most people, let alone pastors, could never afford to defend themselves against the endless financial resources of government officials – especially if their battle goes all the way to the Supreme Court. YOUR GENEROSITY makes it possible for Liberty Counsel to defend these beleaguered pastors and churches for free.

And make no mistake, Liberty Counsel intends to take our cases to the highest court in the land if necessary. We CANNOT allow the persecution of Christians to continue in America. We MUST stand in defense of religious liberty TODAY so that our children and grandchildren can practice our faith freely tomorrow.

And right now, a generous supporter has established a challenge grant which will effectively double your impact in keeping religious freedom FREE. Please, do not let this offer pass you by. We simply cannot defend churches, pastors and the First Amendment without YOU.

The Christian church has been essential for over 2,000 years. Please, help us keep churches open and operating here in the United States!

Donate to the Liberty Counsel Litigation Fund and have YOUR DONATION DOUBLED through the challenge grant!

Finally, please be in prayer for Liberty Counsel as well as for the American church as a whole. We know from whom these attacks ultimately originate, and we very much need your prayers.

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

In Christ,

Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman

P.S. If you want to learn what you, your pastor and your church can do to effect real change in these challenging times, please join our "Silence Is Not an Option" online townhall meeting on July 30, 2020. Select here to sign up for yourself or forward the link to your church ministry team. We look forward to seeing you there!

P.P.S. Please don't let this challenge grant opportunity pass you by. America's pastors and churches are relying on YOU, a faithful Liberty Counsel supporter, to help ensure religious freedom remains FREE! Select here or the graphic below.