Tobias Tissen (born 1993 or 1994) is a Canadian pastor who is noted for his repeated failures to comply with COVID-19 public health laws, and for preaching to his congregation to disobey them.
[2] During the COVID-19 pandemic, he advocated against public health regulations, and was noted for rejecting COVID-19 vaccines and opposing mask mandates.
He urged his congregation to reject public health measures on both civil liberties and religious grounds.
[1] In December 2021, he was observed wearing a face mask at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, as he boarded a flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
[6][7] Tissen arranged a fundraising campaign to encourage his supporters to contribute to the $74,561 of fines that both he and church has accumulated during the pandemic.