The government did overreach itself during the pandemic, delegates at an Affinity event have broadly concluded.
With the backdrop of the government’s Covid Inquiry, the organisation, which represents 1,200 evangelical churches and groups, recently held a symposium bringing various partners together to reflect on how Christians and churches responded to the pandemic.
Speakers and panellists included representatives from national and local church ministry, the Christian Medical Fellowship, politics and law. There were those who championed lockdown measures, held very strong reservations, or were somewhere in between.
