On Wednesday, Tony Spell, the defiant Louisiana pastor who has continued to run church services in opposition to a state ban on large gatherings, reaffirmed his intent to continue doing that same thing in spite of the risk that parishioners of his could catch and spread COVID-19. 

Spell, who heads up Baton Rouge's Life Tabernacle Church, made it clear to TMZ that he's unconcerned with the risks of a bunch of people getting together in-person during the pandemic. He stated that "true Christians do not mind dying," and that they in fact "fear living in fear."