(Worthy News) – The UK’s prosecution service has dropped charges brought against a street preacher who refused to stop his outdoor ministry during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown last year, Christian Concern (CC) reports. Christian street lay minister Mike Overd was due to appear in court this month after police issued him with a fine for preaching and offering prayer and Bibles in Somerset, southern England on April 2, 2020.
Churches in England were closed in a nationwide lockdown, but Overd was ministering outdoors and practicing the two-meter social distancing protocol while carrying out his work, CC said.