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Lockport, NY - Lead pastor Craig Campbell, right and Assistant Pastor Ben Fresch of Freedom Church said that the COVID-19 pandemic put a lot of obstacles in the way for this location to open. Barely a month old, it immediately shut down all services because of concerns about the virus spreading. Since then it has been opened again, then shut again, and now church officials are excited to announce it will open permanently on Sept. 12.