(CHRISTIAN HEADLINES) – On Tuesday, a Virginia church filed a lawsuit against its home county after government officials there allegedly told the congregation it must obtain an alcohol license in order to gather on its own property.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court by Alive Church of the Nazarene and involves a unique arrangement the congregation says it had with Prince William County zoning board officials to meet on its newly purchased property, provided the church also conducted “agritourism,” according to the suit.
The church agreed to be zoned as an “agritourism” facility and decided to grow fruit trees and to make non-alcoholic apple cider, as well as to “open itself to the public for the purpose of religious worship and outreach as a church.” The zoning administrator approved the congregation as an agritourism facility in February 2021 but stipulated that in order to “hold gatherings and events” on the property, it needed a license from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control.
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