The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- every community, ALL
- Level
- Organizer
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 (the notice's date)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16
Operative words
Kentucky, Mar. 19, 2020: 'all mass gatherings' prohibited, 'including... faith-based' events (Ex. SEC-16-020); Iowa, Mar. 17: 'spiritual, religious... gatherings and events of more than 10 people' prohibited (Ex. SEC-16-060); Connecticut, Mar. 16: 'religious, spiritual or worship gatherings' of 50 or more prohibited (Ex. SEC-16-048); New York, Mar. 23: 'non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason' cancelled (Ex. SEC-16-111); Washington, Mar. 23: 'social, spiritual and recreational gatherings of any kind regardless of the number of participants' prohibited (Ex. SEC-16-109)
The organizer's notice
Weekly worship services, March 15 to May 31, 2020 (class: every congregation)
Notes
2020: Suspended in person and moved to broadcast in nearly every congregation: 43 percent of pastors who did not typically livestream did so 'in the last month because of the coronavirus'; 55 percent moved adult groups online and 40 percent's groups 'have not met in any capacity'. 'All three Campuses, offices and approximately Sixty small group locations... 2021: See rows 22 (capacity caps to June 2021) and 31 (Easter 2021). Usual dates: weekly (Sunday; Saturday; Friday); the eleven weeks from March 15, 2020. Scale: Lifeway Research survey of Protestant pastors (Apr. 2, 2020): 99 percent gathered in person on the weekend of Mar. 1, 2020; 64 percent by Mar. 15; 11 percent by Mar. 22; 7 percent on Mar. 29; among churches with 200 or more attendees 'only 1% of them met March 22'; 47 percent had 'already decided they will not meet in person for Easter'. Venue orders 2020: SEC-16-020, SEC-16-060, SEC-16-048, SEC-16-111, SEC-16-109, SEC-16-100, CA-002, SEC-16-078, MI-011, MI-017, SEC-16-062, SEC-16-080, SEC-16-105, SEC-16-054, SEC-16-085, MN-010, MA-008, DC-006, FL-010, TX-008, MO-004, KS-012, SEC-16-014, SEC-16-011, MET-NYC-006. Also cancelled by this notice: Holy Week and Easter 2020 (Palm Sunday Apr. 5; Good Friday Apr. 10; Easter Apr. 12, 2020) (every community, ALL; usual dates Apr. 5-12, 2020; venue orders 2020: SEC-16-020, SEC-16-009, MET-SDF-006, KS-012, SEC-16-028, SEC-16-112, SEC-16-111, MET-NYC-006, SEC-16-100, CA-002, MI-017, SEC-16-062, SEC-16-080, SEC-16-105, SEC-16-054, FL-010, MN-012, MA-008, DC-006, SEC-16-085, MO-004, TX-008, IN-006, UT-009, MET-SLC-005, SEC-16-014). Also cancelled by this notice: Sunday school, religious education, confirmation classes, youth groups and small groups (class) (every community, ALL; usual dates weekly, September to May; venue orders 2020: MI-007, MA-006, MA-013, MN-019, FL-029, MO-005, SEC-16-041, SEC-16-032, SEC-16-033, SEC-16-030, MI-060, SEC-16-014; venue orders 2021: SEC-16-043, SEC-16-117, SEC-16-119, IL-040).