River of Grace Community Church | |
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은혜의 강교회 | |
Location | Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province |
Country | South Korea |
The River of Grace Community Church ( Korean: 은혜의 강교회) is a church in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. [1]
In 2020, the South China Morning Post reported that it had been the centre of a cluster of COVID-19 infections, claimed to have been caused by spraying salt-water into followers' mouths, under the belief that this would protect them from the virus. [2] [3] Around 70 devotees were tested positive after the spraying of the salt water and the incident caused a sudden spike in coronavirus cases in South Korea.