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Rev Dr Peter Garth A senior clergyman has called on the Jamaican Government to declare the church an essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rev Dr Peter Garth, chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Groups of Churches (JUGC), said pastors need the freedom to be out after curfew hours to assist poor and sick persons with care packages as well as prayer. “I have a word for the health authorities and the Government and the Opposition in Jamaica...the sooner you come together and declare the Church an essential service, the better it will be for Jamaica,” Garth said during his sermon at t...

8:40 am, Mon December 21, 2020 The government has yielded to entreaties from some church leaders and will now allow key personnel to be present in church to lead virtual worship for the annual Watchnight Services. The prohibition against members of the congregation attending remains in effect. Dr Peter Garth, President of the Jamaica Association of  Evangelicals, told Radio Jamaica News that members of  the clergy and technical personnel have been given approval to broadcast services up to midnight on New Year's Eve. Dr Garth said it would have been difficult for pastors to broadcast servi...