Many churches in Georgia are not planning on reopening despite calls from Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for institutions in the state to transition out of the coronavirus shutdown.

A group of black Baptist pastors at a Friday press conference in Augusta expressed their dissatisfaction with Kemp’s order, saying that his decision to reopen the state will not “dictate our actions.”

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