Cities Church Protest

The DOJ has launched an investigation after anti-ICE protesters disrupted a Minnesota church service.

Nearly 40 protesters interrupted St. Paul’s Cities Church on Sunday, leading to tense confrontations as protesters shouted things like “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good” at worshipers. Activists say they were there to protest David Easterwood, a pastor at the church and the acting field director of the local ICE office. Easterwood was named among others in a class-action lawsuit filed last week that alleges "unlawful policies and practices" by ICE in Minnesota.

The St. Paul Police are investigating the “disorderly conduct,” while the DOJ probes whether the protesters violated the FACE Act, which makes it a federal crime to intimidate anyone “seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.”

ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
Moments like these can stir up fear in places meant to be a sanctuary. Take courage, remembering that God is with you and has already delivered you in Christ. And remember your brothers and sisters around the world who cannot gather for worship without fearing for their lives—pray for their encouragement.

“This I know: God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere humans do to me?... For you rescued me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life.”
Psalm 56:9-13 (CSB) (read full passage)