{"id":10242,"date":"2007-10-04T15:02:38","date_gmt":"2007-10-04T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2011-08-08T15:04:03","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T20:04:03","slug":"5862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/10\/04\/5862\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipal Police Attempt to Close Vida Nueva Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LA CORUNA, SPAIN (October 4, 2007) \u2013 Local police attempted to close  down all activities at Vida Nueva (New Life) Church around five o\u2019clock  last evening, informing church representatives that they were acting on  municipal orders, but providing little additional information as to the  nature of the complaint.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10243\" title=\"Spain-4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-4.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Several  uniformed police officers attempted to seal the two entrances to Vida  Nueva, despite a plea from church representatives to take no action  until a legal recourse (an appeal) could be filed with the city,  Covenant News Service was informed. The accompanying two photos show  several officers in front of one of the church entrances, with a closer  view of the seal placed on one of the doorways. Other photos are  available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/cov\/news\/item5861\" target=\"_blank\">Vida Nueva<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat  to do?\u201d writes a missionary with the Evangelical Covenant Church in an  email this morning. \u201cToday our lawyer prepared a recourse, but by the  time it was ready the mayor\u2019s office was closed. We asked the police to  wait until tomorrow to give us time to present the legal recourse first  thing in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two policemen called their supervisor  who arrived a short time later. \u201cHe in turn consulted with one of the  political authorities, but to no avail \u2013 \u2018orders were orders\u2019,\u201d they  said. \u201cThey were going to seal our church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10244\" title=\"Spain-2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/08\/Spain-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The  missionary eventually contacted a friend who works with a different  religious organization who also is a lawyer. \u201cHe told us to present the  prepared document at the Post Office and to plant ourselves at the  (church) entrance, saying that by constitutional right we oppose their  sealing of our church. The police sealed one entrance, but not the  second &#8211; we planted ourselves in front of the second entrance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe  still have access to our church,\u201d the missionary continues, \u201cand  legally, after presenting the recourse through the Post Office, seem to  have a strong case to at least buy us some time.\u00a0 Praise God!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The  missionary requests that concerned Christians be in prayer for a  positive resolution to the situation, and especially for the continued  consultations with the attorney and interaction with municipal  officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=10242&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA CORUNA, SPAIN (October 4, 2007) \u2013 Local police attempted to close down all activities at Vida Nueva (New Life) Church around five o\u2019clock last evening, informing church representatives that they were acting on municipal orders, but providing little additional information as to the nature of the complaint. 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