NOMINAL ADVENTIST (SDA) PERSECUTION

Coercion and Threats

The SDA Trademark Documentation:

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Letter of demand to the Standish brothers
Letter of demand to the Rogue Valley Historic SDA church
Notice of contest to Troy SDA church
Letter to the Eternal Gospel church
Correspondences with The General Conference

Employment of Force

TM Wars: A timeline of the litigation

Associated Press article: Adventist denomination sues a church
Court documents regarding the infamous "Eternal Gospel" lawsuit [PDF file]
Court ruling in Eternal Gospel case
TM Alert: A compilation of relevant articles
John Marik's Testimony [Real audio]

Corporate Purity

The Judgment of the Living

Corporate Accountability
The Mark, The Beast and The Corporation [Real video]
Appearing To Fall
Fill Up The Measure
A Sure Covenant

The Trademark: Making Void the Law

The Sabbath Rest Principle [Real audio]

The Spirit of The Law
The Mark and The Seal
1896 Sabbath School lesson: Page 1 Page 2 [Best if printed]
(These documents show the original - and correct - Adventist position on the Sabbath and
Lawsuits)

Legal Updates

Letter of demand to owner of Davidian SDA domain names: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page
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Update 07/19/05: It has been revealed to us that the General Conference Corporation of
Seventh-day Adventists has begun to move forward with their expected legal persecution
of the Creation Seventh Day (and) Adventist Church. A letter has been drafted, but not
yet received by our members, which follows the same mode of delivery as was
undertaken in the above-mentioned letter to the Davidian, and the previous letters of
demand that have been sent to various other Adventist believers over time. With prayer,
and by the grace of the Almighty, we will stand in the face of this great evil, and witness
for the purity of the Faith of our Savior.

Update 07/22/05: Pastor Walter "Chick" McGill has drafted a letter to the lawfirm being
used by the General Conference to enforce the Trademark asking for their understanding
in the delay of his receiving the letter, as he is away currently on an evangelistic mission.
The Letter may be read HERE.

Update 10/21/05: Pastor "Chick" has received a certified letter from the General
Conference Corporation's attorneys, demanding the surrender of several domain names.
This letter appears, upon inspection, to be merely a copy of a previous letter sent to the
owner of some domain names maintained by the owner of davidiansda.org, containing
only insignificant alterations (see Davidian related communication in the above links).
From the letter itself, it appears that the facts of the correspondance have been confused,
as they refer to communications with him through the Davidian SDAs (that never took
place), and all but one of the domain names they cited are / were owned by the
Davidians.. Pastor "Chick" has sent an answer to the letter via certified mail.

Demand letter : Introductory letter Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

Pastor "Chick"s response may be read HERE.

Update 03/22/06: The General Conference attorneys have now sent documents to our
web-hosting company complaining of certain trademark violations among our domain
names. As documentation becomes available we plan to post for your reading.

Update 05/27/06: We have received notice that the General Conference Corporation of
SDAs is now threatening our internet domain names on the world scale. Pastor "Chick"
has received email notification that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Arbitration and Mediation Center has received a complaint against several of our
websites, this complaint being dated at May 23rd of this year.

We have also received word that Vincent Ramik (attorney for the General Conference
Corporation) has sent a box containing some kind of information to pastor "Chick." As it
turns out, pastor "Chick" had recently left on an evangelism trip to Canada, to meet with
some of the brethren there who were baptized this last Feast of Unleavened Bread. As
such he was not available to receive the package (which we assume is related to the
WIPO complaint). When we discover the contents of this package, we will inform our
readers.

For now, the CSDA Church covets the prayers of those who have been following our
work and ministry. If this matter indeed goes as the Conference would have it go on a
world scale, things could move forward very quickly to the end; for when the Trademark
is imposed upon the people of Yah on a worldwide stage, it will not be long before the
voice of the Witness ceases to be heard on the earth, and then the end will come. Our
prayers are with all those who have been sympathizers and supporters, and may Yahshua
find our houses in order upon His grand and glorious return.

Update 06/09/06: We have received notice that the official arbitration procedure has
begun as of June 8th of this year. We are now in the 20-day response process, and will be
making reply to WIPO in a timely fashion, Yahweh willing. The complaint document
itself may be viewed HERE. Let us be fervent in prayer as matters continue to develop.

Update 06/16/06: We finally received a seven pound package from the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in Geneva, Switzerland. It contains the
complaint filed by the General Conference, along with all annexes and other official
policies set for the arbitration process. This is evidently a duplication of the box that the
General Conference attorney tried to have delivered to Pastor "Chick" at the church house
in Tennessee.

Update 06/28/06: Our response has been sent to the WIPO domain dispute center by
email and by FedEx as of yesterday, 27th of June. The response may be viewed HERE,
and the list of annexes sent may be viewed HERE. Our prayers continue upward for
Yah's perfect will to be done in this situation.

Update 09/02/06: We have received the decision of the arbitration panel appointed by
WIPO. The decision of the panel is that all four of the domain names under dispute must
be turned over to the Conference. This will be done automatically at some point in the
near future; therefore, we are in the process of updating our current site to house all of
our relevant data. We are anticipating that local litigation may follow at any time,
therefore we ask for the continued prayers and support of those who protest any and all
unions of civil power with ecclesiastical authority. The decision documents that pertain to
our case may be read HERE and HERE. The official online WIPO decision may be
accessed HERE.

Update 09/27/06: The SDA trademark lawsuit expected for the past 15 years has now
begun. The "image of the beast" is imposing "the mark" on the "Remnant Church of
Creation 7th Day Adventists." The legal complaint may be viewed by clicking HERE or
HERE for printable PDF format. An explanation (in Real Audio) of our reasons for not
yielding the name "SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST" can be accessed HERE.

Update 10/10/06: The General Conference of SDA is now threatening Pastor "Chick"
with a demand letter regarding a CSDA domain name in Canada. See images of the letter
and Canadian trademark documents following:
Demand Letter, page 1
Demand Letter, page 2
Trademark Document, page 1
Trademark Document, page 2
The Canadian website is accessed HERE.
Pastor "Chick" will be answering the demand letter in a timely manner.

Update 10/20/06: Read Pastor "Chick's" response to Associate General Counsel Parker's
demand letter HERE.

Update 11/01/06: The new book entitled Finally... Out of Darkness, Into His Marvelous
Light was mailed to all of the Conference Offices in North America today. Read the
CSDA Church Membership Cover Letter enclosed with the gift book HERE. For Spanish
go to Scribd.com and search for the book in the LoudCry-FuerteClamor Account.

Update 12/24/06: The official scheduling order for the McGill lawsuit has been received.
A jury trial is set for January 7, 2008 (a three-day trial is expected).

Update 03/25/07: A two-page letter has been sent out to a large number of Adventists to
inform them of the Trademark lawsuit, of which most are unaware. Positive responses
have already begun to be received as a result of this information.

Update 05/17/07: A Letter of Appeal dated April, 2007, has been drafted to and posted
for the benefit of the General Conference Seventh-day Adventist membership.

Letter of Concern: Written from an elderly Adventist Dad to his beloved Son (a
prominent SDA Church evangelist).

Update 11/17/07: Judge James Todd rescheduled the three-day jury trial to begin June 2,
2008. Lead attorney for the Plaintiffs, Jeffrey Tew, has officially withdrawn from the
trademark lawsuit.

Update 04/29/08: A court order was filed by the judge denying the General Conference
motion to prevent a jury trial. This is a signal victory in the McGill case.

Update 05/30/08: Judge Daniel Breen rescheduled the three-day jury trial to begin
Monday, October 6th at 9:30 a.m.

Update 06/16/08: An order granting in part and denying in part [pdf/doc] the General
Conference's motion for a summary judgment was issued on June 11, 2008. The
trademarked name "Seventh day Adventist" was upheld by the judge's decision. A
complete victory was denied the Conference, however, regarding the words "SDA and
"Adventist." As more information about what this decision means for the CSDA
movement becomes available, we will update this page.

Update 09/04/08: The trial has been moved to an unset date pending a court-mandated
mediation conference between Pastor McGill and the Plaintiffs, set for October 2nd. The
purpose of the conference is to attempt to reach a compromise regarding the remaining
issues - the acronym "S.D.A." and the name "Adventist." Pastor McGill has certified to
the court that he will not be attending the mediation conference.

Update 05/27/09: An injunction is issued by Judge Daniel Breen enjoining the Church
from using the names Seventh-day Adventist, Seventh-day, Adventist, or the acronym
SDA with an order to submit a sworn notice of compliance to the Court by June 17, 2009.
No compliance report was filed.

Update 08/20/09: An appellant brief has been filed in the United States Court of Appeals
for the Sixth Circuit by the defendant.

Update 11/21/09: The attorneys for the General Conference have submitted a proposed
order of contempt to the Court. While it has yet to be accepted or rejected by the Judge, it
is highly significant as it reveals clearly the intent and desires of the General Conference
towards dissenters. Written as though it were by the Judge himself, the General
Conference seeks in the document - among other things - the immediate arrest and
incarceration of Pastor McGill as soon as he returns to any part of the United States, the
dispatch of a U.S. Federal Marshal to the Guys property - accompanied by and under the
direction of the General Conference's representative - to confiscate and destroy all signs
and materials displaying or even containing the terms "Adventist," "SDA," "CSDA," etc.,
the removal of several domain names and websites, including several domains such as
thefourthangel.net which have no relation to the Church name, and the authority to carry
out an investigation into the identities of anyone other than Pastor McGill who may be
assisting in proclaiming the CSDA message.

The sheer similarity between the words in this document and the words of the Papacy
during the Reformation are so striking that they ought to make any supporter of the
trademark policy blush in shame. A document written by the church for the magistrate to
adopt and enforce, authorizing the destruction of heretical materials by an officer of the
law acting under the direct physical supervision of an agent of the church, the
imprisonment of dissenters wherever they may be found until such a time as they recant,
and the authority to seek out and find any others who dare defy the ruling - all because of
the name in which we teach our faith. Truly the image bears a striking resemblance to the
beast.

Update 12/14/09: The Magistrate Judge has filed a report and recommendation with the
Court advising it to adopt the contempt of court charges requested by the Conference and
award them attorney's fees, as well as the confiscation of virtually all domain names
related to the CSDA faith, whether making use the name or not. The Magistrate Judge
advised against the use of U.S. Marshals, as the GC had requested, and instead advised
the Court to order the GC to take down the signs either themselves or through their
agents, and to present the Defendant with the bill.

Update 1/6/10: Judge Breen adopts the Magistrate judge's recommendation in full and
issues an order of contempt against Pastor McGill. The order also authorizes the seizure
of several websites suspected of association with or ownership by the CSDA Church,
including some not violative of the injunction.