ALTHOUGH church services have been suspended amid the COVID-19 crisis, Bahamians can still turn to the religious community for assistance during these hard times. Rev C B Moss, pastor at Mt Olive Baptist Church, said not only will his church offer spiritual counselling in this national lockdown, but also food to those whose lives have been affected by mass layoffs. “We are a relatively small congregation and we are in a very intimate way keeping in touch with all of our people,” Rev Moss said. “And, not only are we providing spiritual help, but also material help. It is frightening the need that exists, particularly in certain sectors of our society. People are going to need a lot of help and that concerns me, because in addition to the negative impact of the virus itself from a health perspective, but it’s the social and economic fallout that’s going to be very devastating.

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