Synagogue remains closed till I hear from God – TB Joshua

&NewLine;<p>TB Joshua&comma; the Senior Prophet and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations&comma; SCOAN&comma; has said that his church will remain under locks and keys at least&comma; for now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Prophet added that &nbsp&semi;he is not convinced enough by the government pronouncement but he is waiting on God&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>This is reacting to the Lagos State directive and the lifted ban on the religious gathering in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Executive Governor of Lagos State&comma; Mr Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu has given religious gatherings in Lagos state the go-ahead to commence worship from Friday&comma; August 7th and Sunday&comma; August 9th&comma; 2020<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>TB Joshua speaking on SCOAN’s Emmanuel TV has directed worshipers to remain indoor as God has not asked him to open the church for worship&period; Noting that the authorities have done so well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Here is the important announcement from Prophet TB Joshua regarding the resumption of physical church services at The Synagogue&comma; Church Of All Nations &lpar;SCOAN&rpar; in Lagos&comma; Nigeria&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Good Morning And Win Today&excl; Following the announcement that church services will resume in Lagos on August 9th&comma; 2020 &&num;8211&semi; that is&comma; this coming Sunday &&num;8211&semi; I wish to commend the authorities for their efforts so far&period; However&comma; having heard from the authorities&comma; we are now waiting to hear from God&period; Please be assured that as soon as we hear from God&comma; we will inform you when our services will resume&period; Emmanuel &&num;8211&semi; God is with us&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that  COVID‑19 pandemic&comma; also known as the coronavirus pandemic&comma; is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019&comma; COVID‑19&comma; caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p> The outbreak was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan&comma; China&period; The World Health Organization  declared the outbreak a Public Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 and a pandemic on 11 March&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As of 6 August 2020&comma; more than 18&period;7 million cases  of COVID‑19 have been reported in more than 188 countries and territories&comma; resulting in more than 706&comma;000 deaths&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>However&comma; and interestingly so&comma; more than 11&period;3 million people have recovered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;