Line in the Sand': Defiant Pastor Plans July 4 Beach Service After Town's Denial of Permit

Pastor Robert Dekker (Credit: LinkedIn)

A church pastor was  looking to have eight weeks of early morning Sunday morning services this summer on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.

But after Robert Dekker of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in nearby Lewes, Del., wrote the Rehoboth Beach city manager for a permit to perform the services, this is reportedly the written reply he received:

"I am so sorry to inform you that I cannot grant your request to have church services on the public beach in Rehoboth. I cannot mix Church and State. I trust you understand. Wishing you the very best."

But that's not the end of the story.

Dekker tells radio station WXDE-FM that he will be preaching a sermon on July 4 on that very beach that he's titling "Line in the Sand."

Here's the flyer announcing the service "in defiance of tyranny":

(Credit: Delaware 105.9-FM)

Listen to the radio interview with Dekker on WXDE-FM.

TheBlaze will post updates on this developing story as July 4 approaches.

(H/T: WXDE-FM)

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