Todd Bell is the latest Independent, Fundamental, KJV-Only pastor who is defying COVID science in deference to his own typical definition of “religious freedom.”

From the Portland, Maine Press Herald:

Todd Bell preached again to an in-person congregation at Calvary Baptist Church on Sunday, according to a live internet audio stream of services.

The Sanford pastor from a now-infamous wedding in East Millinocket continued his defiant stance toward pandemic precautions this weekend and held in-person services on Sunday. He also engaged a high-profile lawyer to defend his congregation’s religious liberty.

Todd Bell, who officiated at the Aug. 7 wedding whose crowded reception in nearby Millinocket has been linked to more than a hundred cases of COVID-19, preached again to an in-person congregation at Calvary Baptist Church on Sunday, according to a live internet audio stream of services.

It’s okay though, Bell has gotten the help of a really credible lawyer:

Speaking in the radio address on Friday, Bell said he had engaged a nationally known lawyer, David Gibbs III of the National Center for Life and Liberty, to defend the church’s religious rights. The NCLL describes itself as “a legal ministry that protects the rights of churches and Christian organizations nationwide.”

For those WutBJU readers who have asked, no, Pastor Bell did not attend Bob Jones University. He attended Trinity Baptist Bible Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. Seems legit. Well, he has an Associates Degree as a Machinist. And Crown College gave him an honorary.

You won’t find it on the church site now. He’s had the whole site removed. 

You have to find it in the archive.