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Charismatic Revival Fury, Ep 2: Modern-Day Apostles and the Spiritual Oligarchy

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The Protests Over California's COVID Bans

In July 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a very strong ban on large group gatherings. Cheon and the leadership team at his church felt like this was entirely wrong. They believed God was calling them to resume in-person worship. So they sued Gavin Newsom to get an injunction against the worship service ban. This led to a very heated series of exchanges between Cheon andThe local Pasadena prosecutor,. who threatened to send Cheon to jail for a year for defying the governor's orders.

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