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WCU
Ministry HIGHLIGHTS
A
Big Night for a Small Town
Conflict
with Communists in Colorado
Focusing
on Homosexuality in Mega-Ministry Land
And
a Little Ministry in Stuart on the Way Home
March
Gladness
Bringing
the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Followers of Joseph Smith
Persisting
at Planned Parenthood
Last
But Not Least
April 7, 2005
Dear Friends,
The past several months we have received more than the
usual nasty, threatening, and even obscene e-mails and phone calls from
folks who do not like our ministry efforts. In anticipation of our seventh
summer of standing against the unlawful nude
beach near Mazomanie, Wisconsin, we are already receiving
“correspondence” from the naturist crowd. Due to an article
I wrote, a “Heart
of the Matter” program, and a sermon
I preached on the passing of the pope, I have received all sorts of angry
comments from Roman Catholic people who have felt it necessary that I
understand that I am, among many other things, a deceiver, sick, evil,
hateful, cruel, possessed by demons, unloving, vicious, narrow-minded,
judgmental, and Satan. It does not matter how often one expresses concern
for the souls of the Roman Catholic people and shares the gospel with
them; anyone who stands against the heresy of the pope and the Roman
church quickly becomes the target of the same sort of vitriol which also
flows so freely from the homosexuals and others who are dead in trespasses
and sins (Ephesians 2:1).
Of course, we continue to hear plenty from New Sodom.
But I want you to know that the Lord continues to constantly bless us with
encouragement. For instance, recently, a lesbian wrote to me asking,
“Will God shed His grace and show mercy” to her? I wrote back, sharing
many things and many Scripture passages. Since she also was under the
impression she was a Christian, I encouraged her to listen to a sermon I
had just given which is titled “Redeemed
or Reprobate?” My sermons are found at pcc.sermonaudio.com,
and the woman immediately listened to the message. Lastly, I promised we
could call her if she would give us a phone number. The woman wrote back
to me, beginning her letter with, “Thank you so much for returning my
message. I also respect and appreciate your honesty.” She then shared
that she had been on the verge of suicide but that God would not allow her
to do what she had wanted to do. So much for those who tell us we should
not share the whole counsel of God’s Word with homosexuals as it might
cause them to commit suicide! Those who say such things do err, not
knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God (Matthew 22:29). The Word of
God preached as it is written brings life, not death! There are times when
we discern that God’s law has already done its work in the heart of the
sinner, and then we are free to go right to speaking of His grace. But
God’s law must always precede God’s grace, and it is a deadly error to
assume the saving of souls is the work of men rather than the work of the
Holy Ghost! To make a long, glorious story short, one of my daughters
spoke on the phone with the lady. She received everything that was shared
with her and agreed to have us find a good fundamentalist church for her.
PCC/WCU prints and distributes tracts dealing with Roman
Catholicism, abortion,
and homosexuality
which all also contain the gospel. We also have a regular gospel
tract. Every week, those brochures and tracts are being lit
dropped and handed out here in Wisconsin as well as in other states.
Currently, every brochure on homosexuality we lit drop to Wisconsin homes
and businesses also contains an insert
on the need to pass a state constitutional amendment banning so-called
same-sex marriage and state civil unions. With such bountiful sowing going
on, of course we can expect the Lord to bless us with some reaping. He has
been doing just that; and we know for every good thing we see, the Lord is
doing much more we do not see.
We must also expect the devil and those who serve him
to continue to breathe threats. This is especially true when speaking of
the homosexual community. In one of the many confrontations which took
place between Jesus and the scribes and Pharisees, our Lord told those
religious leaders, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a
lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it”
(John 8:44). We should not be surprised that those who champion the
devil’s cause lie with such aplomb. Certainly “out and proud”
sodomites are lying to themselves when they claim to follow Jesus, and
they seem never to hesitate to lie about those who defend the biblical
truth about homosexuality. Sodomites lie for any number of reasons,
besides that lying comes naturally to them (Galatians 5:19-26). They lie
because they cannot defend their position against those armed with truth.
They lie because their whole strategy for victory revolves around
ridiculing, demonizing, marginalizing, and destroying the credibility of
their enemies.
Recently, I came across another example which
highlights the extent to which sodomites will go to destroy their enemies.
For years, a homosexual named Mike Fitzpatrick has seized every
opportunity to express his hatred for me, and he has not hesitated to lie
about me. Fitzpatrick was a columnist with the now defunct sodomite paper Wisconsin
Light. Currently, he writes for another “gay” publication. Not
long ago, I came across an article he had written about me which was
riddled with blatant distortions. Fitzpatrick began by mockingly
suggesting a recent assault on Mike Foht during a WCU picket in Burlington
never happened but was simply part of a “martyrdom of the majority
ploy” by me. If Fitzpatrick were the ace journalist he would like others
to think he is, he would have called the Burlington police department and
found out that a suspect had been taken into custody in that attack.
Later in the article, Fitzpatrick tells his readers
that I am “currently fighting an incident where he physically abused a
woman at Mazomanie park.” Of course, that is a flat-out lie, and
Fitzpatrick knows that full well. Several years ago, I was charged with
disorderly conduct for preaching to a vile, obscenity-spewing woman on the
Mazomanie Beach parking lot. Fitzpatrick knows I never laid a hand on her
and was never charged with anything physical. Fitzpatrick also claims I am
suing a homosexual political group when he knows full well I have no such
lawsuit! There are many other lies in Fitzpatrick’s article titled
“The Latest Fine Whine from Rantin’ Ralph.” As a final example,
consider this statement about me: “He has never taken up any direct
offer to debate from such notables as Tammy Baldwin, openly-gay Assembly
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Madison), and even the state Log Cabin’s former
Executive Director and former Bush AIDS czar Scott Evertz.” In reality,
I have jumped at every chance to defend the truth and have done so on
various television programs with all of the individuals named, although
those debates were certainly much shorter than I would have liked. I have
publicly offered to debate, in an extended format, any homosexual leaders
who have the courage to do so but have never had any of them accept that
offer. In 1999, I took part in an extended panel-style debate against a
number of pro-sodomite theologians on the campus of Lawrence University. I
had a great time, and truth had its day; but that is the extent of the
chances I have had to formally debate homosexuality in an extended format.
If Mike Fitzpatrick wants to contact me and get the ball rolling on a
public debate, I am all for it. But that is not Mike’s way. He
specializes in lies and vicious mocking of those who disagree with him. In
2000, he went so far as to publish an article in the Wisconsin Light
claiming that I had announced I was “gay” and had left my wife! He has
since smugly confessed in writing that the article was published with
“not a clue as to the fictional nature” of it. And so it goes.
Although I have talked much about our battle with New
Sodom and our attempts to share the gospel with sodomites, Pilgrims
Covenant Church and Wisconsin Christians United are engaged in a wide
range of ministry efforts, and we deeply appreciate your continued support
and prayers. Wisconsin Christians United is now a ministry of Pilgrims
Covenant Church, which I pastor. Those who support WCU should send their
gifts to Pilgrims Covenant Church and designate them as being for
“public ministry.” To avoid confusion, we are going to continue to use
the WCU name in conjunction with Pilgrims Covenant Church for quite some
time and eventually phase out its use altogether. We will be doing all the
same ministry work, but it will be done as a church ministry rather than a
parachurch ministry. I believe that will be a good witness to the general
public and will build up the Lord’s Church.
Pastor Ralph Ovadal
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• WCU lit dropped the
following towns: Madison, Mineral Point, Evansville,
Burlington, Waupun, Endeavor, Menomonee Falls, Fond du Lac, Chilton,
Whitehall, Independence, Oconomowoc, and Platteville.
• WCU handed out literature
at the following schools: Mineral Point H.S., Burlington H.S.,
Beloit H.S., UW-Platteville, and UW-Green Bay.
• In February, WCU supplied
the literature for a mailing to 1,910 homes in and around the towns of
Owen and Withee. The brochure used was Homosexuality:
The Truth along with our insert
on “same-sex marriage” and the state constitutional amendment to ban
it.
• WCU did pickets in the
following cities: Milwaukee (overpass on I-94), Burlington,
Waupun, Platteville, Fond du Lac, and Oconomowoc.
• WCU supplied literature to
be distributed by others in the following towns: Platteville,
Milwaukee, Hazel Green, Greenwood, Appleton, East Troy, Waukesha, Viroqua,
Hustisford, and Brookfield, Wisconsin; Burlington, Vermont; Omaha,
Nebraska; Columbia, SC; and Ballygowan, Ulster. (Those distributing WCU
tracts out-of-state cover the cost of the literature. We provide
literature free to those distributing it in Wisconsin.)
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A real education
at the
library—the front door.
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A
Big Night for a Small Town
On Thursday night, February 17, a leftist, liberal
group calling itself Citizens United of Union-Evansville held an
educational forum on “same-sex marriage” in the Evansville public
library. The event consisted of sodomite propagandists extolling the
virtues of sodomite life and denouncing as unloving, unconstitutional, and
unconscionable all opposition to the state bestowing the title and legal
benefits of marriage upon sodomite couplings. Well before the meeting
began, twelve Christians with WCU surrounded the library with large signs
bearing biblical messages about homosexuality, marriage, and salvation. We
also gave out our brochure Homosexuality:
The Truth, complete with an insert
dealing with so-called same-sex marriage. We received some gratifying
support from local individuals who stopped to ask us what was going on,
and we had the opportunity to share the gospel with a number of people. We
also received the usual vitriolic response from Sodom’s citizens and
their friends attending the forum. Local police were friendly and
professional. When the forum ended, we were still on hand to preach to
those exiting. All in all, it was a wonderful, truth-filled night and a
real discouragement to Sodom’s propagandists.
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Conflict
with Communists in Colorado
In February, I led a team of ten Christians to Colorado
Springs, Colorado to once again confront crypto-commie Danny Yu and his
Chinese state church friends at their annual forum on the church in China
(see “Red
Wolves with Black Hearts”). This year’s event was held at
the sprawling complex belonging to the mega-ministry Cook Communications.
That building occupies the center of a large acreage on the eastern edge
of Colorado Springs. There are two driveways into it. We divided into
teams and manned both entrances, holding signs and giving out a flyer
telling the truth about Danny Yu and his state church friends. Altogether
during our three visits to CC, we manned our posts for nine hours.
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Our Colorado team
with some
of the signs we used.
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The driveway in front of the Cook Communications
facility is at least a half mile long. We had many good interactions with
Cook Communications employees and gave out much literature at that site.
Some employees were shocked to hear the truth about the forum taking place
in the building where they work and said they were on our side. The
Chinese church officials were anything but friendly. At one point, a car
load of Chinese stopped, and an American forum official with the group
snarled at us, “Why don’t you get a f-----g job!”
We also had the opportunity to speak with the head of a
huge national evangelical organization as he was heading into the forum to
give an address. The man took our literature
and listened intently to our concerns. As he was leaving, he spoke with us
again with the agreement that we would not share his name. Our witness to
this influential leader as he was on the way in to speak convicted him to
modify his message and tell the audience that he looked forward to the day
when there would be “true freedom of religion” in China. During his
remarks, he also thanked the Lord for the work that we were doing outside.
This evangelical leader told us concerning Yu and Co., “You are right;
they are all communists.”
The team at the other side of Cook Communications not
only manned that entrance with signs and literature,
but also had an ideal place to preach. We stood on a bank which towered
over the parking lot and preached down to forum attendees and CC employees
morning and night. We encouraged the latter to take a stand for the real
church in China, now that they know the truth. We preached many things to
the Chinese state church officials, including asking them the question,
Who is the head of your church? We reminded them that Christ is the Head
of the Church and no true church of His can submit itself to the state as
head. We exhorted them to remember that Christ “suffered without the
gate” and that we are to “go therefore unto him without the camp,
bearing his reproach” (Hebrews 13:13). Often van loads of the Chinese
would stand for a time and listen to us. May God bring conviction and
repentance where that is still possible. The preaching conditions were so
ideal that our other team, well over a half mile away on the other side of
the Cook Communications complex could hear our message!
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The point from
which we preached
at Cook Communications.
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In addition to confronting Yu and his pack of wolves at
the forum site, several of our group also greeted Chinese forum delegates
one morning at their hotel by holding up signs in front of the large
window of the room where some of them were eating breakfast and in front
of another window where a single Chinese official was sitting. Our people
stayed put with their signs long enough to make a deep impression but
short enough to keep from being arrested! Later, we also did an
informational picket in front of that same hotel.
As is so often the case when we take truth to the
streets, our voice was amplified through a number of media outlets—in
this case, through interviews I did with several nationwide evangelical
news services and a Colorado talk radio program.
Prior to the forum, we also mailed information packets
to the Chinese Christian churches in the Colorado Springs area to make
certain they would be alerted to Danny Yu’s treacherous attempt to
convince Americans that Christ’s Church is respected and unmolested by
the government of China. We count ourselves blessed to do such a small
thing for those Christians in China who are suffering so much for Christ
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Focusing
on Homosexuality in Mega-Ministry Land
While in Colorado Springs, we also conducted pickets to
publicly proclaim the biblical truth about homosexuality and to share the
gospel. At the first picket, we had more positive than negative response,
although the latter did include some airborne objects. As usual, we were
confronted by some neo-evangelical brethren who were appalled that we
would be so unloving etc., etc. On the other hand, several Christians also
stopped to encourage us. One was a street preacher who was enthusiastic
about getting to know the local Christians who had joined us so that they
could do ministry together! Praise the Lord for this strengthening of His
work in Colorado!
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One corner of one
of our
pickets in Colorado Springs.
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Our second picket took place just down the street from
the palatial headquarters of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family. The
area is the home of a number of other large ministries and mega-churches
as well. At this picket, we again became the target of some thrown
objects, and we also became the target of some real anger directed at us
by Christians who felt compelled to stop and reprove us. In one case, we
were confronted by an impeccably dressed middle-aged woman who boasted of
having “years” of ministry experience. This lady felt the need to park
her car and confront us up close and in-person for our lack of love in
using the word sin on our banners! She was outraged that we had chosen to
confront homosexuality with a biblical proclamation including such truth
as “Repent ye, and believe the gospel” and “Christ can set you
free.” I was sternly instructed by the lady that the only correct way to
share the truth of God’s Word is to first develop a close personal
relationship with a sinner and then eventually share the gospel with him.
I begged to differ and asked her how that would have worked for Peter on
Pentecost when three thousand souls were saved! As I answered all her
objections with Scripture, she mocked and attempted to talk over me. She
ended by tearing up some of our literature and throwing it into the air
like confetti. In fact, by then it was confetti. As our teacher drove
away, we watched to see if she would take the turn into Focus on the
Family. She did, but she may have been involved in another ministry and
was just visiting FOF. Or maybe not, given the confused, compromised stand
FOF has often taken on homosexuality.
Following our run-in with the iron butterfly, we were
approached by several young women thoroughly indoctrinated in the false
gospel and false compassion of false preachers such as their hero Rick
Warren. These young ladies had also stopped to give us a piece of their
minds. By the grace of God, I was able to “talk them down” from their
suicidal perch on the ledge of neo-evangelicalism. They ended up listening
intently as I spoke about law and grace, open-air ministry, revival, and
other such matters. By the end of our interaction, the young sisters were
respectfully calling me sir and seemed genuinely moved by the truth
they had heard. May the Lord grant us patience and compassion for those
young Christians who have been so deceived by the false preachers and
false doctrines of our apostate age. Back
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And
a Little Ministry in Stuart on the Way Home
On our way home from Colorado Springs, we literature
dropped homes in the town of Stuart, Iowa with the brochure Homosexuality:
The Truth. This is a very comprehensive pamphlet with an
extensive gospel message. By the phone calls and e-mails received at
WCU’s office, it is clear that the town had been well-stirred by our
visit. It was most gratifying that among the less-than-favorable
responses, we also received an encouraging letter from a Stuart pastor who
began by writing, “We are praying for your work in Iowa,” and ended
with, “Keep telling the truth and we will do the same. May the Lord
bless your ministry!” Back
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The WIAA boys
basketball
championships in Madison.
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March
Gladness
“And how shall they preach, except
they be sent?
as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things!” —Romans 10:15
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Handing out
tracts at the
basketball championships.
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Wisconsin Christians United was on hand to display
banners, preach, witness, and hand out salvation
tracts to the crowds attending the WIAA girls (March 12) and
boys (March 18) basketball tournaments in Madison again this year. We
spent one day at each tournament. As might be expected, the boys
tournaments drew much larger crowds, but there were fewer of us due to a
snow storm raging just north of Madison. But “there is no restraint to
the Lord to save by many or by few” (1 Samuel 14:6). Only six of us gave
out four thousand gospel tracts to crowds as they arrived throughout the
day for three consecutive games. May the Lord bring an abundant harvest of
souls from those days of gospel sowing, much of which was done in young
hearts! Back to top.
Bringing
the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the Followers of Joseph Smith
The weekend of Saturday, April 2, Mormons worldwide
gathered in their local “churches” to watch via satellite the
proceedings of the semiannual Mormon convention live from Salt Lake City,
Utah. Pilgrims Covenant Church was present to greet Mormons arriving at
the newly built Mormon church in Monroe. Praise the Lord, the turnout of
Mormons was far lower than we expected. We were able to get the driver of
every arriving car, minus one, to take a booklet comparing true
Christianity with Mormonism. Unfortunately, once the Mormon official
running the show found out what we were up to, he took direct action to
keep the truth from being revealed to his flock. This “Elymas” (Acts
13:8) met each car load of Mormons as they were parking and literally
ripped our literature out of their hands. However, he could not stop our
preaching the Word of God and pointing out that there is something wrong
when a religious figure claiming to be Christian will not allow those
under his charge to read what the Bible says as compared to the doctrines
of his religion. We pray our efforts will bring some light into that dark
Mormon culture just getting started in Monroe. We intend to do some lit
dropping of Monroe homes with that same booklet mentioned and also do some
more ministry in front of the Mormon church. We have a large sign made up
which reads, “Choose you this day . . . Joseph Smith (hell) or Jesus
Christ (heaven).” Back to
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Persisting
at Planned Parenthood
We are continuing to picket, counsel, hand out tracts,
and preach at Planned Parenthood of Monroe, which is now only open five
hours per week. Our signs not only deal with abortion, but they also
expose Planned Parenthood as tax-funded unborn child killers and born
child perverters. Of course, we always have gospel signs as well. Mike
Foht and I handle the preaching on site. When PP’s customers arrive,
Mike preaches to them as they get out of their cars and walk across the
parking lot to the back of the PP building. As they walk up the side of
the building to enter in the front, I preach until they go through the
door. At Planned Parenthood, we are reaching many young people with the
truth at a time they are in critical need of it. We have no doubt that the
Lord has saved many souls and unborn lives through this ministry at
Planned Parenthood in which we have been engaged since January of 1989. We
look forward to the day that the Lord gives us the final victory over
Planned Parenthood here in Monroe. One of our church members also
maintains a weekly witness at the PP clinic in Waukesha. Back
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Last
But Not Least
PCC/WCU missionary Mike Foht continues to labor in
ministry work four days per week. Mike pickets at Planned Parenthood and
counsels at abortion mills in Milwaukee and Madison. He lit drops our brochures
on homosexuality door-to-door in various towns at least one day
per week and sometimes several days per week. Mike also street preaches at
least once per week somewhere in southern Wisconsin and takes part in all
scheduled PCC/WCU ministry efforts. At a recent picket in Burlington,
Wisconsin, Mike was physically attacked by a “burly” young man who
also damaged the “Homosexuality is sin” sign Mike was holding. The
young man was arrested and charged with a crime, thanks to the quick
action of some citizens who trailed him to his house.
We continue to get very encouraging feedback from
around the world through the “Heart of the Matter” program (www.theheartofthematteronline.com).
We also produce my sermons for airing on pcc.sermonaudio.com,
and our church has a new web site which can be viewed at www.pccmonroe.com.
Several of us have been lit dropping Monroe homes with gospel
tracts this winter during our spare time and our church is
looking forward to open-air gospel ministry at a number of large public
events this summer. The advent of this warm season also heralds the return
of the “naturists” to the unlawful Mazo
nude beach; and once again, PCC/WCU will be taking a stand on
the parking lot and walk to the beach. Looking even farther ahead, our
church is planning on hosting another Reformation Conference this fall;
and Lord willing, we will be taking a mission trip to Salt Lake City, Utah
in October to witness at the semiannual Mormon convention.
Your prayers are appreciated as are any gifts sent to
support this broad spectrum of ministry efforts. It goes without saying,
but we will say it anyway, we also greatly appreciate your friendship and
your stand for the Lord in your area. Back
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