https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/28/bay-area-churches-grapple-with-reopening-and-defying-region-coronavirus-orders/

Just two months ago, Reverend Johnnie Clark, a 72-year-old pastor from East Oakland who considers preaching and praying his life’s calling, was in an induced coma, unable to breathe on his own as he fought for his life against the deadly coronavirus.

So as passionate debates intensify over whether churches should open their doors and at least two Bay Area churches have proclaimed plans to resume services Sunday, regardless of the rules — the minister at Oakland’s Word Assembly Church tears up merely talking about it.