THE DAY GOV. SISOLAK TRIED TO ARREST A LAS VEGAS PASTOR

Aug 30, 2021

Rob Lauer Political Reporter

Pastor Jimmy Morales of the Lone Mountain Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas refused to bow to Gov. Sisolak’s CV19 emergency orders last year, continuing to hold in person, no mask services on Sundays throughout the “pandemic”.

So one day after someone filed a complaint with the governor’s office, Pastor Morales got a call from the Attorney General’s office on behalf of Gov. Sisolak. He ordered the Pastor to comply with Gov. Sisolak’s emergency orders to wear masks and to limit in person Sunday services to 50 people or be arrested. By this time, June 2020, Gov. Sisolak had increased occupancy for casinos and strip clubs to 50% of their capacity. But Sisolak limited churches to 50 people regardless of their capacity clearly discriminating against churches.

Pastor Jimmy refused to comply. So Sisolak ordered Metro Police to arrest Pastor Jimmy. But God had other plans for the Pastor. The Lt. at the local Metro Police precinct called the Pastor to tell him his police refused to follow Gov. Sisolak’s orders to shut down the church and arrest the pastor.

It was shortly thereafter when Joey Gilbert and Sigal Chattah reached out to Pastor Jimmy to offer legal help. Pastor Jimmy described the “out of the blue” call as an answer to his prayers. Joey and Sigal took Pastor Jimmy’s case and sued Gov. Sisolak for violating the church’s first amendment rights. And just days before Christmas 2020, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Calvary Chapel liberating every Church in Nevada in the process allowing in person Christmas Services.

Pastor Jimmy was one of two Pastors in the entire state, out of some 450 churches, who dared to stand up to the Governor. While other pastors cowered in fear of losing followers if they dared sue Sisolak, Lone Mountain Calvary Chapel doubled their numbers.

Jesus stood up to the corrupt Temple, stood up to Roman Authority and suffered a painful death on the cross for it. Pastors in Nazi Germany hid Jews knowing they would be killed if caught. Pastor Jimmy may have been inspired by Jesus but Pastor Jimmy is an inspiration to us all. Perhaps that’s why not one MSN channel in Nevada showed up yesterday to Calvary Chapel to cover Joey Gilbert and Sigal Chattah’s speech about the case before the parish.

skip to 38 minutes in to see Joey and Sigal: