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Colorado Appeals Federal Decision To Allow 2 Denver Metro Area Churches To Go Without Face Masks, Group Limits

For Pastor Bob Enyart, preaching to an empty church was not what he wanted when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

By Rick Sallinger

October 22, 2020

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DENVER (CBS4)– The State of Colorado is appealing a federal judge’s decision to allow two Denver metro area churches to go without face masks or attendance limits for indoor services. For Pastor Bob Enyart, preaching to an empty church was not what he wanted when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

At the Denver Bible Church and elsewhere, COVID-19 safety restrictions were later eased somewhat, but that didn’t satisfy him. He went to court suing the federal government and state, asking to remove attendance limits and mask requirements during indoor services.

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“Including congregational singing and that our families could come together without some arbitrary limit, and we are thankful to God and to the federal court,” the pastor told CBS4’s Rick Sallinger.

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