‘Let us disobey’: Churches defy lockdown with secret meetings

Gathering in barns, cafes and bookshops, worshippers are flocking to illegal services around the countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt sounds like the build-up to an illegal rave. Invitations are passed by word of mouth to trusted people. Minimal information – time, directions – is quietly given with pleas for discretion. Once everyone is assembled in a barn on a remote farm – “away from prying eyes,” says the organiser –