El Presidente Posted June 9, 2025 Posted June 9, 2025 Orlando de la Fuente Lovaina, pastor of Nuevo Pacto First Baptist Church, was harassed March 23 after he promoted prayer for Cuba on social media. Two unidentified government agents took him to a police station where he was accused of “using the pulpit to claim that there were problems in Cuba that the Church can solve, when only the Revolution and its political systems can solve people’s problems,” CSW said. When Lovaina shared his belief “that God through the Church can help to bring solutions for the difficulties the country is facing, he was told ‘religious people’ are strictly prohibited from using national symbols, which can only be used by revolutionaries, and that the pastor’s position sends a message to the people that the Revolution cannot solve the people’s problems.” The government threatened criminal charges and consequences for Lovaina’s family if his preaching encouraged “ideological divisionism” and issued Lovaina an “Acta de Advertencia” – or warning – which he refused to sign. Nuevo Pacto First Baptist Church is a registered church and member of the legally recognized Baptist Convention of Eastern Cuba in Ciego de Ávila City. https://julieroys.com/cuba-crackdown-on-christians-religious-minorities-widens/ 4
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