{"id":12889,"date":"2020-04-01T06:59:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messagemagazinetesthome.wpcomstaging.com\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2021-08-17T21:07:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T21:07:21","slug":"responding-to-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openbiblemessage.org\/es\/2020\/04\/responding-to-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to the Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By President Randall A. Bach<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It was not too long ago that we learned about a virus that first&nbsp;appeared in Wuhan, China. Then&nbsp;in the course of&nbsp;but a few weeks, COVID-19, a specific strain of coronavirus, exploded around the world&nbsp;and&nbsp;is now referred to as a pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because not much was known about its full health ramifications, because few tests existed for it, and because no vaccine has yet been developed for the coronavirus, health authorities published guidelines that are founded on the principle of&nbsp;<em>containment<\/em>. Everything from social distance to sanitation practices have been emphasized as ways to help contain the virus. I am not a doomsday purveyor of fear,&nbsp;but I believe it is quite possible that we are looking into our future, a future where an increasingly interconnected world&nbsp;(or an enemy)&nbsp;easily transmits new diseases on a global scale for which we are not prepared. We are confronted by concerns over personal health, education, commerce, economy, transportation, supplies of food and other staples, the gathering of church bodies, and beyond.&nbsp;The coronavirus pandemic could be a dress rehearsal for the future.&nbsp;Surely the time for Christ\u2019s return is approaching.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a daily basis&nbsp;we learn about the changing landscape of&nbsp;the battle against&nbsp;the&nbsp;COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Each adjustment in health and government officials\u2019 tactics and edicts requires individuals, businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations to determine how to&nbsp;cooperatively&nbsp;respond.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the first days of the New Testament&nbsp;the&nbsp;Church, the body of Christ,&nbsp;has&nbsp;adapted&nbsp;to changes in government, cultural climate,&nbsp;hardships, and persecution. The&nbsp;Church is God\u2019s creation. It&nbsp;is under His ownership. And&nbsp;it&nbsp;will continue until He concludes it is time for Christ\u2019s return.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open Bible Churches encourages affiliated churches to cooperate with health and government officials in the containment strategy to defeat COVID-19.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We encourage churches to see not just sacrifice but also recognize&nbsp;opportunity&nbsp;to&nbsp;discover&nbsp;fresh approaches to engage&nbsp;and minister to their communities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>We encourage churches to be a voice of hope&nbsp;and ambassadors for Christ&nbsp;in the midst of&nbsp;public concerns and fears.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>We encourage churches&nbsp;to minister to the needs of people who are afflicted in any way by this pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>We encourage churches&nbsp;to be a mighty force of prayer focused on defeating the virus, healing for people whose health and lives are threatened by infection, and relief for people whose jobs and personal incomes are affected.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>We encourage churches to&nbsp;prayerfully&nbsp;look for innovations to&nbsp;keep their people connected in relationship and ministry&nbsp;during limits on the size of physical&nbsp;gatherings and to discover avenues to receive tithes and offerings that are not dependent on offerings from people in pews.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We stand united in faith, resolve, prayer, and upon the promise of God\u2019s Word: \u201cFor God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline\u201d&nbsp;(2 Timothy 1:7,&nbsp;NLT).&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By President Randall A. 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