LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The coronavirus hit the United States and has spread during a holy season for Christians, and could change the way many worship this Easter. Ministers face the likelihood of being unable to gather for church services in person. 

"It's a moment of godly lament, yeah, to not be together on a Sunday morning to celebrate the central fixture of the Christian faith," explains Dr. Andrew Walker, Associate Dean at the School of Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. 

President Donald Trump has repeatedly told reporters, "I would love to have the country opened up, and just raring to go, by Easter."

"What I'm going to suggest we do is we listen to the best experts and we not treat them with any level of incredulity," Walker comments to that goal. 

In the meantime, Walker says Christians he knows have been connecting online through Bible studies; however, he hopes gatherings are only temporarily interrupted. 

"Use this time to refocus your faith and your spirituality. Use this time to focus on your family. I'm trying to live with a sense of history right now that this is a moment that's historic on our global history, for American history," says Walker, "I don't want to look back in 10 and 20 and 50 years when I'm talking about this moment to my grandchildren and say, 'you know, I spent this time watching a whole lot of Netflix.'"

People are making sacrifices in different ways as societal gatherings are shut down. On Tuesday night, Governor Andy Beshear told Kentuckians during his nightly coronavirus briefing, that his son is prepared to have his Easter baptism postponed. 

"I talked to him about this the other day, and what he said to me is, 'Dad if it helps other people, I can wait.' And I think that's pretty special. And I think all of us have to be ready to wait however long it takes," said Beshear. 

"That's a demonstration of how Christians all across the board are making sacrifices and I think that speaks to a larger moment where all Americans are having to make sacrifices. And I think what I have been both really encouraged by is a sense of solidarity. We're at our best when we have solidarity. We're at our worst when we're sniping at each other," Walker adds. 

Walker accepts that Easter services may be broadcast on Youtube, saying "[there's a] sadness, but not a despondency or a hopelessness. It's more kind of a craving to be meeting once again."