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Over 200 Missouri Pastors Are Preaching The Need For Vaccinations

Rev. Darron Edwards reacts to the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin during a press conference Tuesday evening near 18th and Vine where local clergy gathered following the trial to address the outcome.
Carlos Moreno
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KCUR 89.3
Rev. Darron Edwards is one of hundreds of pastors now calling for their congregants to get inoculated against COVID-19.

In order to expand vaccine outreach, clergy across the state are urging their congregants to get vaccinated.

Signing onto a statement released by the Jefferson City-based Christian magazine “Word & Way,” the pastors are supporting vaccination against COVID-19 as another way to "love your neighbor as yourself" (Mark 12:31).

Missouri is in the spotlight as one of the states causing the most concern among national health experts with just over 42% of Missourians being fully vaccinated.

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