Why Pastor Walter "Chick" McGill is not affiliated
with the General Conference Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA)Welcome to this sacred place. It is certainly sacred, for it is a website where truth overcomes falsehood. The title of this cyber spot is "why Pastor Walter 'Chick' McGill is not affiliated with [the] General Conference SDA Adventist Church." It could just as well be titled "why Creation Seventh Day Adventist believers are not affiliated with the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists."
No one ever saw or heard any bitterness manifested by Pastor McGill, though he has been consistent in his protest against the use of the strong arm of the civil power to impose the worldly policies of church corporations as they seek to sustain their own institutions.
While Pastor "Chick" embraces the pioneer SDA position of non-Trinitarianism as taught in the Bible, this doctrinal difference alone would not have been sufficient to separate him from the "mother church." He has also declared a serious difference between his doctrine of total victory over sin and the general SDA Church position regarding the Gospel of salvation in Christ. However, it was the unholy church-state union of the General Conference SDA with the United States civil government that became "the straw that broke the camel's back," requiring the total and permanent separation according to Revelation 18:1-5. The SDA Church began using federal and state trademark laws to prosecute (and persecute) Seventh Day Adventist believers in the 1980s. After it was certain that the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist organizations would not stop their civil court actions, McGill and his associates separated in order to obey the Angel of the "everlasting covenant."
It is important that you understand "the why" of his "coming out" and "the how" of attaining to everlasting life through the "faith of YAHSHUA" (commonly known as "Jesus"). All who "hunger and thirst after righteousness," will surely desire to know.
Any comments or questions are welcome. Post Pastor "Chick" at the official email address, sda_trademark_lawsuit@yahoo.com.
General Conference of SDA Official Statement Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church Official Statement
March 18, 2013Official NAD Letter to SDA Constituency Warning of Supporters for Pastor McGill
Adventist Research Center (Andrews University) Sends Letter of Appreciation
The Image of the Beast
Pastor John Grosboll Sermon
Click to ListenJuly/August 2012: Steps to Life Newsletter, Top Story by Pastor John Grosboll
Here We Stand--YAH Help Us
Click to Listen
Major Events of the Year 2012
Jackson Sun Interview of Pastor McGill and Lucan Chartier
District Court Orders
April, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders contempt for Chartier and McGill with sanctions of federal fines and jail time.
NOTE: The General Conference attorneys requested the permanent incarceration of McGill in a Proposed Contempt Order. This would have ammounted to a "keys-in-the-pocket" incarceration which means the inmate can be released when (and only when) all of the General Conference demands are satisfied. It was a mercy from the Court, prompted by the Holy Spirit, that Pastor McGill was sentenced to only 30 days in jail.
April 15, 2012 Notice Posted by Pastor McGill on Church House in Guys, Tennessee
May 2, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders incarceration for Chartier and McGill by the U. S. Marshals Service.
July 18, 2012 California District Court Judge Bristow grants detention of Pastor McGill by the U. S. Marshals Service.
Pastor McGill, who has been in the Los Angeles, CA area, received notification of the incarceration order on July 5, 2012, after an associate in Kalangala Uganda opened postal mail received there. The U. S. Marshals have informed McGill's wife that they are looking for him and believe he is running (after she called them to see if a warrant was in fact outstanding). Evidently, the authorities have not been to the Guys Church property since the warrants were issued. From the mail received in Kalangala Uganda, it appears that the Court has approved more than $70,000 of monetary sanctions against Pastor McGill (General Conference attorney fees reimbursements).
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Creation 7th Day Adventist Church House -- July 20, 2012
Press Conference to be held at Loma Linda University Church of Seventh-day Adventists
Preempted by Church Deacons and Elders
See the "Wanted Poster"
McGill was apprehended by Loma Linda University Security near the red marker and forced into a police car in the parking lot about 5:30 pm, July 13, 2012.
Pastor "Chick" arrested July 13, 2012
Incarceration Statement Drafted by Pastor McGill on July 13th
Pastor McGill Arrested on July 13th at Loma Linda
Two days before the July 15th press conference, at which point he intended to turn himself in, McGill was arrested on the Loma Linda University campus. This marks the first time since 1989 that an Adventist has been arrested for trademark infringement of the name "Seventh-day Adventist." McGill has vowed to fast from solid foods during the period of his incarceration.
San Bernardino County Sheriff Booking Record
September, 2012 Eternal Gospel Herald Report: "Adventist Church Imprisons Pastors"
Official Prison Release Statement (video) Pastor McGill Released from San Bernardino County Central Detention Center on August 11, 2012
Text of McGill's Prison Release Statement
Independent Appeal, October 13, 2012: Pastors Seek to Avoid Life Sentence
More News About Pastor McGill's Arrest
Network TV News Sources
ABC7 WBBJ TV News West Tennessee Pastor Arrested In California
ABC7 WBBJ TV News In Print West Tennessee Pastor Arrested In California
American Vision News - Loma Linda - WBBJ TV News In Print Pastor Jailed After Following "Vision", Conscience on Church Name
CBS TV News Channel 3 WREG Memphis Pastor Arrested Amidst Church Naming Controversy
Radio News Sources
ABC News Radio - Chattanooga (also published in Knoxville, Memphis, and San Franciso)
West Tennessee Pastor Arrested on Contempt of Court Charges101.5FM News/Talk WNWS Tennessee Pastor Arrested in California
Southern California Newspaper Sources
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch UPDATE: Details of Arrested Tennessee Pastor's Split with Seventh-Day Adventists
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Detention Hearing in Riverside for Tenn. Pastor Arrested Friday in Loma Linda
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Detention Hearing in Riverside for Tennessee Pastor Moved Up to 2 P.M.
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Seventh-day Adventist Church Issues Another Statement on Tennessee Pastor
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Seventh-day Adventist War of Words Continues: Creation Official Statement
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Tennessee Pastor in Adventist Dispute to Do Time in San Bernardino County
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Tennessee Pastor in Adventist Dispute to Do Time in San Bernardino County - Arrest Warrant
Redlands-Loma Linda Patch Sign Unchanged for Church Founded by Tennessee Pastor Arrested in Loma Linda
The Press-Enterprise Tennessee Pastor May Serve Entire Sentence in SB
The Press-Enterprise Religion - Pastor May Be Returned to Tennessee
Tennessee Newspaper Sources
Jackson Sun Local Pastor Arrrested by US Marshals In California
Jackson Sun West Tennessee Pastor Arrested In California
Jackson Sun Assistant Pastor Speaks Out
Independent Appeal Guys Pastor Arrested in California - McGill claims religious freedoms were violated, vows hunger strike
Online News Sources
MercuryNews.com Tennessee Pastor Arrested in Loma Linda
Examiner.com Tennessee Pastor Arrested for Including 'Seventh-day Adventist' in Church Name
General Blog Sources
Topix.com Adventist Pastor SUED by the GC
ADVENTIST NEWS SOURCES
Adventist Today Tennessee Man Jailed For Insisting on Using the Name "Seventh-day Adventist" Despite Court Order
Spectrum Magazine Creation Seventh Day Adventist Pastor Imprisoned, Fasting
Religious Liberty.TV Two American Pastors Jailed in July
Adventist Online Religious Liberty Issues
Advent Herald Lawsuits
ENDRTIMES Tennessee Man Jailed for Insisting on Using the Name "Seventh-day Adventist" Despite Court Order
ENDRTIMES Tennessee Pastor in Adventist Dispute To Do Time in San Bernardion County
The Shepherd's Rod Speaks Church Leaders Have Independent Pastor Arrested
Total Restitution Persecuting Power - The Seventh-day Adventist Corporation
Illinois.adventistchurchconnect.org False Adventist Church Legal Outcome
IgrejaAdventist.org Tennessee Pastor Arrested for Including 'Seventh-day Adventist' in Church Name
SECOND CSDA CHURCH MEMBER ARRESTED
News About Lucan Chartier's Arrest
The Press Enterprise Tennessee Church Member Expecting Arrest in Loma Linda
Inquisition News UPDATE: Press Conference, Another CSDA Arrested
News About Release From Jail
PATCH, Redlands, CA Pastors from Guys Released from California Jail (August 13, 2012)Pastor Released From Jail 30 Days After Loma Linda Arrest in Adventist Dispute (August 11, 2012)
Spectrum Blog Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church Leaders Freed (August 12, 2012)
Press - Enterprise, Inland Southern California Breakaway Adventist denomination has underground Inland church (August 13, 2012)
WBBJ, Jackson, TN Pastors from Guys Released from California Jail (August 13, 2012)
Summary of Attacks on Creation Seventh Day Adventists
The first Adventist journal to report the controversy between Pastor McGill and the SDA organizations
(Screen-shot of the Spectrum Blog)The second Adventist journal to report the controversy between Pastor McGill and the General Conference Church
(Screen-shot of the Adventist Today News page)
ABC TV News, Channel 7 WBBJ Jackson, Tennessee
View the Real Video file by clicking the hyperlink below.
ABC TV NEWS from February through May of 2010
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The Vote that Changed the History of the Name SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
In April of 1994, there was a historic hearing at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in the US Patient and Trademark administration department. It was held to consider arguments on both sides of the SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST trademark dispute. Virginia Stocker and William Perry (Seventh-day Adventist Church members) had submitted petitions to cancel the SDA name trademark owned by the General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists.
Two years later (February 15, 1996), the administrative panel (made up of three administrative judges) handed down their decision in favor of the General Conference Corporation by a 2-1 vote. One of the two "majority" votes was sufficient to render the majority, and that changed forever the course of history for believers adhering to Seventh-day Adventism. What a significant decision this has come to be!
The majority decision opened the flood-gates for religious persecution in America, as the General Conference Corporation was given exclusive "intellectual property rights" to the religious term "Seventh Day Adventist."
Major Events of theYear 2011
August 2011 Religious Freedom in Private Lawsuits: Untangling When RFRA Applies to Suits Involving Only Private Parties
United States Supreme Court Petition for Writ of Certiorari
April 18, 2011 McGill's Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.
Screen Shot of the Search Results on the US Supreme Court website
November 8, 2010 McGill's Petition for Writ of Certiorari.
February 11, 2011 Rutherford Institute's friend-of-the-court brief in support of McGill's petition for writ of certiorari.
March 2011 General Conference SDA Opposition Brief to McGill's petition for writ of certiorari.
March 29, 2011 McGill's petition reply to General Conference SDA opposition brief.
Major Events of the Year 2010
View the February 17, 2010 and March 13, 2010 editions of the Daily Corinthian Newspaper.
Church Sign Controversy Heating Up Again: October 2010
After the General Conference filed another show-cause motion, the District Court Judge Breen filed an "Order of Reference" to set another contempt hearing before Magistrate Judge Bryant. Judge Bryant held a status conference and asked that Pastor "Chick" return to the United States to face responsibility for the continued violations of the injunction and court orders, even though the assistant pastor is named as the active member in repainting the signs and maintaining remaining church websites. Pastor "Chick" has drafted his response to the Court in care of his attorney, Charles Holliday. Read the two-page email. Read Lucan Chartier's email response.
Letters Section
November 12, 2012: Joel Galanter Formal Letter to Walter McGill
November 23, 2012: Walter McGill response to November 12, 2012 Letter from Joel Galanter
Subpoena Correspondence: Joel Galanter and Lucan Chartier
August 2012Open Letter to General Conference President, Ted N. C. Wilson from Pastor Walter "Chick" McGill
July 30, 2012Letter of Appreciation from Center for Adventist Research
An Open Letter to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
March 3, 2012:Letter to Pastor "Chick" from Kisoro Uganda
My Open Letter to Ted N. C. Wilson, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Second Letter from General Conference Attorney Announcing Church Sign Take-down at the Guys, TN church house
July 2012 Letter to General Conference President from SDA Church Member
April 24, 2007: Letter from Creation 7th Day Adventists to the Seventh-day Adventist Church Members
Related Links and Archives
An Open Letter to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
May 15, 2012 Pastor McGill Answers the General Conference Communications Department's point of view published in the Independent Appeal.
WALTER MCGILL and the Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church HOAX WEBSITE
The Spiritual State of "Babylon Fallen"
Read Victims of Policy by Dr. David Aguilar, and/or listen to the Realplayer audio version.
General Conference "Damage Control 2010"--An attempt at justifying the violation of God's Law via "Corporate Image" Policy View article with comments included.
Read Pastor Walter "Chick" McGill's Story
Seventh-day Adventist Church Found Wanting
The McGill Trademark Lawsuit: SDA v. CSDA
The Writings of Pastor "Chick" McGill
My Final Chapter: An Exposition of Last Day Events
Forbes Magazine declares the Pope to be "highest earthly authority" for one-sixth of the world's population.
My Open Letter to Ted N. C. Wilson, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Legal Documentation and News
Complete SDA Trademark File at USPTO
July 13, 2012 McGill arrested in California just prior to a planned news conference at which he intended to turn himself in. Currently held in San Bernadino Detention Center.
May 2, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders incarceration for Chartier and McGill by the U. S. Marshals Service.
April, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders contempt for Chartier and McGill with sanctions of federal fines and jail time.
March 8, 2011 District Court Judge Breen orders contempt for Chartier and McGill.
February 18, 2011 General Conference responds to Defendant's objections to the Dec. 23rd Report & Recommendation.
January 11, 2011 Defendant's Objection to Magistrate Judge's Report was filed, and Lucan Chartier's Objection was also filed with the Court.
January 7, 2011 Defendant's Objections (for exhibit) to Magistrate Judge Bryant's Report
December 23, 2010 Magistrate Judge Bryant filed his Report and Recommendation for contempt charges.
Pastor McGill and Lucan Chartier are to receive fines and jail time.November 9, 2010: Cert. Filed In Seventh Day Adventist Case: Does RFRA Apply To Suits Between Private Parties?
Adventist Review: "A Victory for Religious Freedom"
The SDA Church was a major supporter of the RFRA bill in 1992-93. Will the General Conference reverse the original position in Gen. Conf. v. McGill?October 20, 2010: Motion for Contempt
View picture of the repainted church sign at the Guys, TN church house here.FINAL DECISION OF THE 6TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
Magistrate Judge's Report on May 25th Contempt Hearing
Complete version of Defendant's Appellant Brief filed with the 6th Circuit of Appeals
Condensed version of Appellant Brief filed August 17, 2009
Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Default
Defendant's Objection to Magistrate's Report and Recommendation
Lucan Chartier's response to General Conference demand for deposition
General Conference Attorney's response to Lucan Chartier
Lucan Chartier's response to General Conference attorney
2009: Proposed Contempt Order submitted to Magistrate Judge Bryant by General Conference attorney
January 7, 2008: McGill Response to General Conference Motion for Summary Judgment
January 7, 2008: Affidavit of Russel E. Kelly
Historic SDA Trademark Records
Trademark Folder SECTION I: SDA TRADEMARK RELATED DOCUMENTS:
* General Principles
* Magazine and Newspaper Articles
* Lawsuit Correspondence from G.C to other Independent SDA Ministries(Since 1988)
* Replies from SDA Independent Ministries
* Lawsuits Correspondence from G.C to Creation 7th Day AdventistsTrademark Folder SECTION II: SDA TRADEMARK Registered Internationally and Protected by Civil Power
* SDA Trademarks Registered in other countries of the WorldTrademark Folder SECTION III: WRITTEN COMUNICATIONS and REPLIES
From: Creation 7th Day Adventists
To: General Conference Lawyers and Elders & Other Independent Ministries
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