Some established drive-in services where people tuned their car radios while sitting in parking lots. In some areas, other churches wrestled with the government to gather.
Iglesia Ni Cristo was able to achieve an international worship experience during a dark period when many were cut off from fellow Christians and group worship. "What the Bible describes as one of our fundamental responsibilities to the Lord God, our maker, which is to worship Him." Manalo, launched both the household worship services in places where the internet connection is relatively weak as well as well as the video conferencing worship services in those parts of the world which had a strong and stable internet," Iglesia Ni Cristo Minister of Gospel Brother Joel San Pedro reportedly said. "The Church Administration, under the leadership of the Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. It seemed like a blessing that the very platforms distributing information contrary to the teachings of Christ would become a vehicle for hope during the crisis. The leadership team at Iglesia Ni Cristo understood early in the pandemic that leveraging today's technology could help bond people together during the uncertain days and months ahead. "A special lesson was prepared in which the ministers officiated those household special gatherings mentioned their preparations for the things to come." "When the Executive Minister conducted the ministerial class for ministers all over the world on January 28, immediately thereafter it was implemented already that we conduct the household special gatherings," Iglesia Ni Cristo supervising minister Brother Estaban Inocencio reportedly said.