CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION IN NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES, CANADA, & MEXICO
Cancel all Church Related Travels during COVID-19
(March 16, 2020)
Dear Brethren in Christ Jesus,
May the Peace of God reign in your hearts!
The Ministry in Brazil has requested that the ministry and brethren in North America, cancel all church related travel plans to Brazil and also to other countries during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
This is consistent with recommendations from the World Health Organization that all people should avoid travel to other countries. Likewise the ministry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico strongly urges the brethren from other countries to cancel any church related travel plans to North America.
The current medical understanding of this virus confirms that people can be carriers without feeling the effects of the virus. Therefore visitors may bring the virus into the homes of the brethren, or spread
the virus through simple, momentary contact with others. Travelers may thus unknowingly and unintentionally infect the brethren with whom they stay or come in contact. While we cannot prohibit travel, because it is beyond the oversight of the ministry, we strongly support the request of the Ministry in Brazil that while the COVID-19 pandemic is active throughout the world, that our brethren and ministry cancel any trips they may have scheduled, and do not book future church related trips, until the pandemic is over.
May God bless all the brethren and ministry for understanding the seriousness of this pandemic, and supporting the humility and sincerity of this request by the Ministry in Brazil.
The Peace of God and the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.
Your brothers in Christ Jesus,
Salvatore Licari, Sam Calabrese, Roberto Barreto, Jim Amodeo
UNITED STATES, CANADA, & MEXICO
Cancel all Church Related Travels during COVID-19
(March 16, 2020)
Dear Brethren in Christ Jesus,
May the Peace of God reign in your hearts!
The Ministry in Brazil has requested that the ministry and brethren in North America, cancel all church related travel plans to Brazil and also to other countries during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
This is consistent with recommendations from the World Health Organization that all people should avoid travel to other countries. Likewise the ministry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico strongly urges the brethren from other countries to cancel any church related travel plans to North America.
The current medical understanding of this virus confirms that people can be carriers without feeling the effects of the virus. Therefore visitors may bring the virus into the homes of the brethren, or spread
the virus through simple, momentary contact with others. Travelers may thus unknowingly and unintentionally infect the brethren with whom they stay or come in contact. While we cannot prohibit travel, because it is beyond the oversight of the ministry, we strongly support the request of the Ministry in Brazil that while the COVID-19 pandemic is active throughout the world, that our brethren and ministry cancel any trips they may have scheduled, and do not book future church related trips, until the pandemic is over.
May God bless all the brethren and ministry for understanding the seriousness of this pandemic, and supporting the humility and sincerity of this request by the Ministry in Brazil.
The Peace of God and the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with us all.
Your brothers in Christ Jesus,
Salvatore Licari, Sam Calabrese, Roberto Barreto, Jim Amodeo
