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All year long, WCU was in the streets of Wisconsin,
week in and week out, lit dropping homes, businesses, and churches with
WCU brochures exposing the lies of New Sodom and educating with the truth.
The gospel of Jesus Christ was included with each brochure and thus
reached hundreds of thousands along with the truth about homosexuality
contained in WCU’s different brochures.
WCU also handed out literature and witnessed at high schools and colleges.
We shared the gospel with the lost, contended for the truth with the
belligerent, and educated the ignorant all year long during WCU public
ministry events and prophetic pickets. With God’s help, we confronted
wicked civil authorities and defended children whom adults attempted to
take to the tax-funded nude beach at Mazomanie,
Wisconsin. Those manning WCU’s office contended for the truth, educated,
and shared the gospel with hundreds of people who called and e-mailed WCU
as a result of lit drops and public events. Some callers were won over
from the devil’s cause. Pastor Ovadal did many interviews with news
programs and newspapers and on talk shows. He spoke with reporters from
around the nation working for nationally known publications but also
college and high school newspapers. He preached in several other states as
well as Northern Ireland and Scotland at the invitation of Christians in
those nations. WCU provided tens of thousands of flyers and some free
copies of the book Answering
Sodom to Christians in other states and nations. WCU lit was also
handed out at “gay pride” events in Wisconsin and a number of other
states. 2002 brought an increasing number of contacts from Christians in
other nations, such as a man in the Netherlands who told us WCU’s
website made him understand that Christians do not have to be
“tolerant” of sodomites. Last, but not least, Pastor Ovadal’s
program, “The Heart
of the Matter,” made great gains geographically and numerically. All
in all, it was a great year for spreading the truth. Here is a brief
summary of just the highlights of 2002, minus the weekly lit drops and
pickets. To see detailed reports on each month of WCU ministry in 2002, go
to WCU
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JANUARY
• WCU wrapped up a highly successful pre-emptive postcard campaign in
response to state Rep. Mark Pocan’s announcement that he would introduce
two pro-homosexual bills dealing with “marriage” and health benefits
for sodomites. Twenty-five thousand WCU postcards were sent to state
senators and assemblymen from Christians around Wisconsin! Pocan’s bills
did not even receive a committee hearing, much less a vote on the floor of
either house. Evil was crushed; an evildoer was chastened; Christians were
encouraged; righteousness was triumphant.
• Pastor Ovadal spoke to several thousand people in the Illinois state
capitol building rotunda on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. He also
preached in two churches in northern Florida and spoke to a Christian
Coalition breakfast event in Miami, Florida. WCU materials were given out
at the CC breakfast and to a number of churches in several southern
states. • A new WCU brochure titled “What
the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality”
hit the streets. Ten
thousand were distributed the first month alone! Back
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FEBRUARY
• Pastor Ovadal was found guilty of a criminal charge of disorderly
conduct for confronting and preaching to a lewdly-acting,
obscenely-talking woman on the parking lot of the Department of Natural
Resources nude beach at Mazomanie.
The Dane County D.A. accused Pastor of “threatening” the woman for
warning her of hell and beseeching her to become a new creature in Christ
by repentance and faith in the Savior. Judge Paul Higginbotham used the
trial to launch a vitriolic attack on Pastor Ovadal and
“fundamentalist” Christians. The trial received widespread coverage on
the secular news and talk shows. Thus truth was provided with yet more
opportunities. The judge’s incredibly unconstitutional, biased conduct
of the trial and his vitriolic remarks against Pastor Ovadal provoked
outrage from Christians and conservatives nationwide. The story ended up
being covered by Christian radio stations coast to coast and conservative
news sources such as World Net Daily. Pastor and his attorney Jim Donohoo
also appeared on Fox News Network's “Hannity and Colmes.” The verdict
is currently under appeal.
• WCU held a three-day truth blitz in Marshfield, Stevens Point, Wausau,
and Merill.
• WCU conducted a nationwide campaign to expose a conglomeration of
“Christian” organizations hosting a China Church Symposium in
Pasadena, California. In reality, the symposium was a propaganda event for
the Chinese state church. WCU’s efforts ignited a firestorm of protest
to the sponsors of the symposium, brought much light to bear on the
grievous situation, and were gratefully acknowledged by a representative
of the true Chinese Church.
• WCU launched a campaign in support of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore
who came under withering attack for a biblically, and hence
constitutionally, correct decision in a case dealing with child custody
and a lesbian mother. A
WCU statement of support for the judge was signed by 184 pastors in
forty-one states and delivered to Moore and his associate judges. Back
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MARCH
• WCU followed Congresslesbian Tammy Baldwin around her district during
one of her speaking tours. At each town, Christians held signs, preachers
preached, Tammy was confronted, and a
special flyer was given out which detailed Baldwin’s corrupt
political positions as well as her need to repent of sexual perversion.
The flyer also contained the gospel.
• After a WCU ministry outing at Mt. Horeb High School, students from
that school committed vandalism at Pastor Ovadal’s church in Monroe. The
situation sparked much media coverage as did a return trip in April to
MHHS by WCU. Back to top.
APRIL
• A
Day of Truth was held by WCU in response to the sodomites’ Day of
Silence in participating high schools. The Day of Silence is a propaganda
ploy during which “gay” students and their supporters remain silent
all day long to protest “discrimination and violence” against
sodomites. WCU mobilized Christians in seven states, provided literature,
and sent them out to twenty-one different schools participating in the Day
of Silence, which turned out to be very noisy. Sodomite teachers and
students ranted and raved. Christians preached the gospel and handed out
tracts. Media coverage of WCU’s efforts was excellent in a number of
states. Many students heard the truth and willingly accepted thousands
upon thousands of WCU brochures. At one Wisconsin school, Pastor Ralph
Ovadal ended up teaching an entire class on the sidewalk after the kids
were brought out by a fair-minded teacher to hear the other side of the
story.
• The campaign for Judge Roy Moore concluded and the statement of
support with signatures was delivered.
• The Town of Madison, under the threat of a federal lawsuit, dropped
charges against two men with WCU who were arrested in January for
conducting an overpass picket with a sixteen-foot banner reading,
“Homosexuality is sin.” Back
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MAY
• Pastor Ovadal preached and did ministry work in Scotland and Northern
Ireland.
• In the midst of a media frenzy, Pastor Ovadal was sentenced to a fine
of $1,000 by Judge Paul Higginbotham for the crime of preaching the
gospel. The verdict is under appeal at this time. Following the
sentencing, WCU staged a picket of the Department of Natural Resources
building in Madison. Back to
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JUNE
• WCU conducted the year’s first ministry event on the
Mazo
Beach parking lot and one-mile walk to the beach. The DNR responded by
sending a Dane County SWAT team! Back
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JULY—SEPTEMBER
• In addition to the weekly literature dropping and pickets, WCU went
back to Mazo
Beach three times in force for very effective ministry events.
• WCU lit dropped approximately 12,000 homes with a flyer detailing open
sodomite state Rep. Tim Carpenter’s evil political agenda. Carpenter was
successful in his primary bid for state senate against two other
Democrats. However, Carpenter’s “unfruitful works of darkness” were
soundly reproved and tens of thousands of citizens, some perhaps for the
first time, heard the truth about homosexuality, civil government, and
God’s law.
• The liberal Madison newspaper the Capital Times asked Pastor Ovadal to
write an article for publication on the anniversary of the 9-11 attack.
The article, titled “God
Bless America?” appeared on the Capital Times “Faith, Ethics,
Values” page, eliciting not only a firestorm of protest but many
encouraging reactions as well. A longer version of the article also
appeared in the Monroe Times.
• WCU sponsored a speaking event in Milwaukee featuring Dr. Derek
Carlsen, a Zimbabwe pastor who has put his life at risk by calling on the
murderous Marxist president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, to repent of his
ways and turn to Christ. Pastor Carlsen, who is also working to organize
pastors in his country to stand for righteousness against the government,
greatly moved the audience as he challenged them to stand for Christ in
America. WCU gave the entire generous offering of the evening to Pastor
Carlsen to help his family and ministry.
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OCTOBER
• WCU traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia to mobilize and lead local
Christians in an offensive action against the wolf Rev. Mel White and his
Soulforce pack who were conducting an extended propaganda campaign in that
city. WCU lit dropped 13,000 homes and churches in Lynchburg with “What
the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.” We also handed out
brochures and witnessed at the city’s two high schools and staged a
number of prophetic pickets, complete with lit distribution and preaching
on “truth horns.” Last, but not least, WCU held a church service on
the public sidewalk directly in front of Mel White’s home. Pastor Ovadal
and Lynchburg Pastor Dick Knodel preached to Mel and Co. as television
cameras rolled. By the grace of God, WCU’s efforts in Lynchburg yielded
tremendous fruit while greatly encouraging local Christians and
discouraging their sodomite adversaries. Back
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NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Since the last WCU newsletter came out in October, here is a more
in-depth overview regarding WCU ministry in the last two months of the
year:
• “Official” WCU lit drops took place in seventeen towns in November
and December. We also provided literature to Christians for distribution
in West Allis, Bay View, La Crosse, and Milwaukee.
• A Wolf Hunt was held in Menasha. We lit dropped the entire city with a
special “Wolf on the Loose in Menasha” flyer and “What
the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.” During our picket, we
had a lot of opportunities to share the gospel, including with two young
lesbians!
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WCU sharing the gospel
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• WCU did an very intensive three-day truth blitz to
Superior, Chippewa Falls, and New Richmond, hitting homes, schools,
businesses, and churches in those cities with a flood of truth. While we
were handing out lit on the UW-Superior campus, a lesbian professor tried
to have us thrown off because “there are laws against discrimination.”
She was soundly rebuked and called to repentance. Police arrived; the
vice-chancellor of the university got involved; but in the end, the
professor failed. The sodomites are very powerful in Superior, which
probably explains why the Christians with WCU were treated as liberating
heroes during a rush-hour picket. The event turned out to be a
one-and-a-half hour cacophony of honking horns and shouts of encouragement
with approximately eight out of ten responses favorable. One of the
negative votes was accompanied by a half-dozen eggs. At the end of a very
long day in Superior, the Lord provided some encouragement in the form of
a convicted sodomite looking for truth. As we were eating supper in a
restaurant, a very troubled man with a rainbow scarf sat down in a nearby
booth with a Bible and the WCU tract “What
the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality,” with which we had lit
dropped virtually the entire city. After watching him for a time, it
became clear that he had become convicted by our tract and had come to the
cafe to be alone to think and research the Bible to see if the things said
in the tract were so! One has to wonder how many times that scene, which
God in His mercy allowed us to see, has been replicated over the years.
We also had great ministry at the high schools in the three cities
we were in during the blitz. In Chippewa Falls, a large crowd of students
gathered around to hear the Bible read and to debate with us. Many mocked
and threatened, but all heard the gospel, and several brave students stood
up for truth. At the Roman Catholic school in Chippewa Falls, a large,
mocking nun with closely cropped hair stood at the doorway of the school
and confiscated the brochures from the students. Those who refused to give
up the literature were seen being escorted into a room to the side. The
nun not only mocked what the Bible says about homosexuality, but she also
angrily denounced the true gospel of Jesus Christ when Pastor Ovadal
preached it to her, her students, and their parents. At one point, several
of the students of the school sneaked out a side door and took a quantity
of our brochures to pass out to students when the teachers were not
looking!
Our ministry in New Richmond proved to be interesting. That
town’s new police chief was once a detective in Monroe and never a big
fan of Pilgrims Covenant Church or its Pastor Ovadal. Suffice it to say, he
was not happy to see us; and at first, his officers tried to shut down our
ministry. That did not happen, and we had a great time picketing,
witnessing, lit dropping, and passing out lit, complete with the gospel as
usual, at the local school. Several days after we returned home, WCU
received a vitriolic letter denouncing Pastor Ovadal as a hatemonger
hiding behind the Bible. The author of the letter made known in no
uncertain terms that WCU is not welcome in New Richmond, that
homosexuality is not a sin, that Pastor distorts the Bible, and that she
is glad people no longer live under God’s law. This letter would not
have been unusual except it was written by a language arts teacher for a
“learning disabled” class in the Richmond Middle School. The letter
was written by the teacher, Mary Jensen, at the students’ “request.”
When Pastor confronted the New Richmond Middle School principal about
Jensen’s indefensible, tax-funded manipulation of her students and her
wrongful use of the public’s time and trust, the principal stated that
she agreed with Mary Jensen! At that point, Pastor let both Jensen and her
principal know that a letter of apology was expected or their school
system would become the object of a lawsuit and a lot more ministry from
WCU. An apology was faxed to WCU that very afternoon.
• One of the best things to happen in November was when a screaming,
swearing woman who called the WCU office as a result of one of WCU’s lit
drops ended up convicted of her sin and her need of the Savior. Pastor
Ovadal prayed with the lady who afterward literally laughed with relief
and joy. May God grant us many more such victories in 2003!
• Pastor Ovadal did a number of media interviews in November and
December. A UW Madison Ph.D. candidate also interviewed him on a wide-rage
of issues relating to God’s law, Christ’s Church, Christian ministry,
and the gospel. The resulting paper will appear on the Internet as well. A
lengthy article, “Why
Is the Church Silent . . . Again?” written by Pastor Ovadal ended up
being circulated around America and Canada. It appeared on the Internet
news service CovenantNews.com and also several Canadian Internet services.
Requests for the article in booklet form have poured into WCU from around
the nation. WCU received very encouraging feedback regarding the
motivation which the article has provided to numerous Christians and
pastors. In December, WCU instituted a new feature called “Homo-Fascism
Watch” on www.wcuweb.com. Also in December, Pastor Ovadal rewrote
and Mike Foht redesigned the eight-year-old brochure “Homosexuality:
The Truth.” The new version is much improved in every way. It is
available for free and may be viewed on WCU’s web site.
“Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be
weak: for your work shall be rewarded.”
2 Chronicles 15:7
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