- The wave of churchesacross America will open

for in-person services this Sunday.

It's part of an effort called

Peaceably Gather Sunday.

- And their aim is to strike middle ground

when it comes to balancinghealth and safety

against the Coronavirus andworshiping without restrictions.

CBN Chief Political AnalystDavid Brody joins us now

with that story.

David?

- John, Jenna, this is anonline petition that is

starting to go a bitviral in the church world.

There are many states'pastors signing this petition

basically to peaceably gather this Sunday,

open their churches in-person.

This was started by Pastor Gibson.

He runs a church downthere called His Church

in Owensboro, Kentucky, andnow we're seeing churches

from Illinois to Montana, to Hawaii,

all over the place, starting to join in.

Pastor Gibson, when I talked to him, said,

"Look, you either needto be a lion or a lamb

"because Jesus was bothand it's time to choose.

"In this case, it's time to be a lion."

Let me ask you aboutthe statement you were

trying to make here, becausethe governor of Kentucky

was, in essence, at somepoint, he was going to allow

churches to start what,on the 20th of the month,

but you're going back to the17th, so three days before.

So what message were youtrying to send, exactly?

- Well, some people would say,

"Hey, does three days matter?"

And I would say three daysis a massive statement

'cause it's a statement to the governor

that you can't step pastour Constitutional bounds,

that at first, we werewilling to be measured,

'cause we wanna protect everyone.

Jesus is in the healing business,

loving and caring business.

We don't wanna anybody injured.

But now, it's like, the First Amendment.

It's being ran over roughshod.

There's all of these other places

that are open for business.

I walked into a Krogerdown in Paducah, Kentucky

and the girl at the doorsaid, "We're trying to keep it

"under 350 people insidethe grocery store."

And so I looked at the building.

I could tell it was smaller

than our Owensboro, Kentucky location.

I got online and Krogerwas doin' about one person

per 120 square feet inLexington, Kentucky.

According to that math,I could have 414 people

in my building and be the same way.

Now I've got a family of three kids,

there's five of us, all together.

For us to shop for ourfamily, it's a least an hour.

My wife says, "How can you say that?

"You've only shoppedtwo times in your life,"

but, pray for her.

But we just wanna see at least an equity

in what they're askin' about,

and then I think peoplewould be more cooperative.

So that's why we goin' back,that's why we're urging pastors

to peaceably gather and askthem to go sign a petition

to go with us to PeaceablyGather.com

and say, "I'll take the church back."

And we're saying, "Hey, come this weekend,

"but if you can't come this weekend,

"get your ducks in a row."

Get ready and come back.

And don't let thegovernment dictate to you

what your fundamental American rights are.

It's time to stand up for liberty.

- Pastor Gibson clearlyconcerned about some governors

he believes are overstepping their bounds.

And in Illinois, thegovernor there is saying

there shouldn't beanybody gathering over 50,

including religious servicesuntil they find a vaccine.

That could be a very long time.

Pastors Gibson and otherssaying enough is enough.

- David, so what willchurches look like this Sunday

when some of thesechurches start opening up?

- Right, it's gonna be a bit different.

It's not so much come just as you are.

I guess, in a way, you'll go as you are,

but when you leave, you'llbe dismissed in groups.

Everybody's not just running for the exit

and going to Cracker Barrell.

Beyond that, social distancing,you'll sit with family only

and ushers will have glovesand masks, and all that.

So it'll be very differentwhen you start to go to church

in certain parts of the country.