City Turned Off Grandma's Mic When She Read Christmas Story at a 'Christ Child' Festival: 'Like Saying You Can't Cook Ribs at a Rib Fest'

Michael Foust : Dec 13, 2018
Christian Headlines

"We were completely blind-sided by this. Apparently, it is offensive to speak of the birth of Christ at a Christ Child Market next to a nativity display." -Trinity Bible Chapel associate pastor Will Schuurman

(Canada)— [ChristianHeadlines.com] City officials in Kitchener, Ontario, are being criticized after they ordered the microphone shut off at a Christmas festival when a grandmother began reciting the Christmas story from Matthew 1. (Photo: via ChristKindl.ca)

The grandmother was from Trinity Bible Chapel, a congregation that was invited by the city last year and was invited back this year to take part in the Christkindl Market festival in front of City Hall.

The church's worship team sang several songs. But when the grandmother began reading Matthew 1:18-25 in the German language—"Christkindl" is German for "Christ child"—organizers cut off her mic... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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