Church COVID restrictions and pastoral imprisonment: uncertain whether it qualifies as persecution, but it feels like it

Winger is unusually candid about his uncertainty. He does not know if government COVID restrictions were proportionate or overreaching and declines to make a confident pronouncement. He leans toward thinking churches staying open was the right call but criticizes the recklessness with which some churches did so. On whether imprisonment constitutes persecution: even if a pastor made the wrong call in opening, being imprisoned for following their conscience before God at least feels like persecution. Winger values sufficient freedom of conscience for people to honor God as they believe they should. He invites viewers to seek counsel from someone with more expertise on this topic.