HOLLAND, Mich. ā The senior pastor of a church in western Michigan has encouraged his congregation to catch the coronavirus to āget it over withā and calling it āall good.āBart Spencer made the statements during a Nov. 14 sermon at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Holland, The Holland Sentinel reported.
āItās OK. Get it, get it over with, press on.āThe number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 389,032 as of Friday, including 9,661 deaths, state officials report.
On Thursday, the state reported 380,343 total cases and 9,580 deaths.
The sermon was posted on the church's website and shared on Facebook, the newspaper said.
Spencer later told the newspaper that he and several members of his family contracted the virus and have recovered.