https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/28/dutch-churchs-month-long-24-7-service-is

When the leaders of a Dutch church found out that a family of Armenian refugees was facing deportation, they realized this was a chance to act on their convictions, even if it meant a bit of civil disobedience. As a result, the church has spent more than a month taking advantage of a legal loophole to ensure that the family stays.

For almost nine years, the Tamrazyan family has living as refugees in the Netherlands. And for good reason-according to their asylum request, the father has received death threats due to his political activism in Armenia. While a judge granted them asylum, the government fought back, and the initial ruling was eventually overturned.

Facing a deportation order, the family of five, who had previously been living in an asylum center, sought aid. "This week I can be expelled from the Netherlands after 9 years," 21-year-old Hayarpi Tamrazyan said in a video posted to Twitter in September, according to Euronews."On behalf of my brother and sister, I ask you for help."

Hayarpi and her siblings-Warduhi and Seyran-as well as her father Sasun and mother Anousche, moved out of the asylum center and took refuge at the church where they were members: Gereformeerde Kerk vrijgemaakt (GKv) Katwijk. But as Quartz reported, the church was too small to house them over a long period of time.

That's when Bethel Church in The Hague stepped in to help. In addition to taking the family in, the church made certain authorities couldn't arrest them. How? According to Dutch law, police are not allowed to force their way into houses of worship while religious services are taking place. So ever since October 26, Bethel has been holding a round-the-clock church service.