Relegating unvaccinated members in the balcony — or some other segregating policy — just doesn't feel right to most church leaders. But some are willing to draw a distinction between the vaxxed and the unvaxxed.
At Acklen Avenue Church of Christ in Nashville, preacher J.P. Conway greets members as they arrive with some instructions.
"If you're vaccinated and you'd like to take your mask off when we sing, feel free," he tells them, directing everyone to the church lawn.
Conway says he never wanted anyone to feel too much pressure. But people started volunteering that they'd gotten the shot. So he began giving weekly updates in Sunday school on Zoom and then from the pulpit — like a church might do with the weekly offering.
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