Canada’s Christian Foundations Crumbling Under COVID-19 Restrictions, Says Pastor

Screenshot of a video taken on May 16, 2021, showing pastor Tim Stephens, of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary, Alberta, hugging his children before he was taken away by the local police. Stephens was arrested for violating the provincial public health order limiting social gatherings amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

Canada’s Christian foundations are being eroded by restrictive COVID-19 regulations, says Alberta Pastor Tim Stephens, who was arrested in mid-May for defying the province’s public health orders.

“Our concern is that maybe this is just a small preview about what myself and other pastors will face in this country, as we continue to experience … a change in the view of the world that is leaving behind our Christian heritage and roots, and really a view of the world now that sees Christian morality and ethics as hostile, as dangerous,” Stephens told The Epoch Times.