We Hold These Truths has been conducting vigils since 2002, five months before the second Gulf War was started in March, 2003. This is a notice of an early vigil that was named a “picket” at the time. To see the results of the “picket” at Jerry Falwell’s church, see Chuck Carlson’s article, “Picket At Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia.” The need to challenge zionized Christians is still needed, today. [Ed.TEC]
August,10, 2003,
Contact: Charles E. Carlson 480 947 3329
Strait Gate to Picket at Reverend Jerry Falwell’s Church on Sunday, August 17th
A picket will be held at Thomas Road Baptist Church, Perrymont Avenue and Thomas Road, Lynchburg, Virginia, on Sunday morning, August 17, 2003, 7:55 AM to 11:30 AM August 17, 2003.
Project Strait Gate Director Charles E. Carlson states: Christian apostasy enables war and Jerry Falwell is one of the most prominent self-proclaimed “Christian-Zionist’ leaders. He has openly blessed both Bush Iraq wars, and he blesses every act of Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine. He has free to do that in his own name if he wished, but Falwell is blessing war and racism in Jesus Christ’s name, this must be rejected.
Strait Gate is visiting Jerry Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church, because he sells radical Christian Racism, which kills Palestinians and Iraqis. But, there is a higher reason for us to be there: Falwell is a blight on the words and teachings of Jesus Christ. Pastor Falwell and those like him make the apostasy of The Last Temptation Of Christ look like Christmas caroling in the park.
Falwell is high (and wide) profile preacher, and therefore, he is a major insult to Christ Followers. CBS introduced Jerry Falwell as “one of the leaders of the Christian Right on Zion’s Christian Solders, a 60-Minute special on June 8, 2003, watched by 10s of millions. CBS noted that Falwell claims he speaks for 70 million “Christians.”
Falwell also denigrated and endangers Muslims by stating: “I think Mohammed was a terrorist…” Falwell pronounced: “It is my belief that the Bible Belt in America is Israel’s only safety belt right now…There are 70 million of us,”…”And if there’s one thing that brings us together quickly it’s whenever we begin to detect our government becoming a little anti-Israel.”
Ed McAteer, Falwell’s financial angel added: “Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River, and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jews.” CBS even wondered about this noting: “What about the three million Palestinians who live on the West Bank and Gaza?”
It is time for Christians, who believe Jesus meant it when he said, “Blessed Are The Peacemakers,” to disavow leaders like Jerry Falwell publicly. We hope you will join us, and that you will let your own pastor know.
Project Strait Gate has now organized some 25 major churches and organizations pickets including The Billy Graham Crusade, the Southern Baptist National Conference, and Promise Keepers
Contact: Charles E. Carlson
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