Todd Starnes of Fox News reports that a non-denominational church in Mississippi that has a membership of about 1,200 people, but can only fit 275 in its sanctuary at one time, booked a conference room run by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in late January to handle expected large Easter crowds.
Two months later – and just a week and two days before Easter – the university abruptly canceled the contract. Marc Rolph, a spokesman for UMMC, told Starnes that “the booking should never have been made in the first place because they only allow their facilities to be used by health-related organizations.”
“The event is not health related and thus is not compliant with our policy,” Rolph had said.
“UMMC offered to let the church hold their service inside a medical mall instead. The church declined that offer. I mean – who wants to hold a church service in a mall?” Starnes continued. “The church has been forced to hold services in their small sanctuary. The pastor said they will accommodate the crowds by holding multiple services throughout the day.”
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