ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings will host a virtual town hall with faith leaders next week amid the coronavirus pandemic after receiving a letter from a Christian ministry over his executive order that recommends services remain online or from a distance for now.
Religious services held in churches, synagogues and houses of worship have been considered essential activities under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ original stay-at-home order and continue to be under the phase one of his reopen Florida plan.
The Liberty Counsel wrote a letter to the mayor after he issued his executive order Friday taking issue with asking religious services to be limited to 10 people or fewer.