‘Spiritual battle’: Agitators still harassing Christians at Cities Church after invasion

It’s been weeks since a mob of anti-Trump agitators broke into a St. Paul, Minnesota, church and harassed the congregation.

The federal government has had several of the leaders of the violence, including failed CNN talk show entertainer Don Lemon, arrested, and their cases are proceeding.

The mob threatened congregants, terrified children by telling them their parents were Nazis, and refused to allow church attendees to leave.

While the invasions have stopped, at least partly due to the presence of police officers, the harassment continues.

That’s according to member Caleb Phillips, who was interviewed by Fox News.

“It says in Scripture that our battle is not against flesh and blood, but is against the spirit, the evil spiritual forces of the world. And I think that this is a situation where that is very much true,” he explained.

The 21-year-old said leftist agitators have continued to harass and heckle church attendees during services the last two Sundays, following their invasion of the worship, and their decision to prevent worshipers from having a service, on Jan. 18.

He said the “hatred” being thrown at church members is one of those events that is a “spiritual battle.”

He said he attends because of the church’s foundation in biblical theology and leadership.

Phillips described the invasion as “traumatic” and how children began crying out in fear and confusion.

“I was shocked,” he said.”

21-year-old Minnesota church attendee reveals leftist agitators still harassing faithful: ‘Spiritual battle’

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He said the disrupters ultimately failed completely, and the congregation reconvened later in the day to finish their service.

And he described how the last two Sundays have been “packed.”

He said police have kept the agitators from invading again, but he said they’ve hurled racial attacks against church attendees, accusing his Asian girlfriend of “hanging out with Nazis.”

“Just the safety and the peace and the joy that we were feeling in the church, in our worship of Jesus Christ, going out and seeing people who are spewing hatred towards us, it made me feel sad for them,” he said in the interview.

He said during the invasion, he and his girlfriend offered to pray with some of the disrupters.

“We went up to them, and we said, ‘Hey, can we pray with you?’ And they said, ‘Yes’ … So, we laid our hands on their shoulders, and we prayed with them. We prayed for the peace of the Twin Cities. We prayed peace and blessings for them, because scripture says, ‘Bless those who curse you.’ And they were literally cursing at us. And we decided to bless them because that’s what Scripture says,” he explained.

He explained, “We’re not going to hate anyone. We’re going to love these cities, we’re going to love the people of our church, and we’re going to love those who hate us and pray for those who persecute us.”