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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.
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." 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.
April, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders contempt for Chartier and McGill with sanctions of federal fines and jail time.
Here We Stand--YAH Help Us
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May 2, 2012 District Court Judge Breen orders incarceration for Chartier and McGill by the U. S. Marshals Service.
Pastor McGill, who has been in the Los Angeles, CA area, received notification of this 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).
Press Conference to be held at Loma Linda Church of Seventh-day Adventists
Pastor "Chick" to be arrested July 15, 2012
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.
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The Image of the Beast
Pastor John Grosboll
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A Summary of the Attacks on Pastor McGill and his Church in Guys, Tennessee
The first Adventist journal to report the controvery 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
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ABC TV News, Channel 7 WBBJ Jackson, Tennessee
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ABC TV NEWS from February through May of 2010
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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.
Year 2012
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."
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.
March 3, 2012:Letter to Pastor "Chick" from Kisoro Uganda
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
United States Supreme Court Petition for Writ of Certiorari
April 18, 2011 McGill's Petition for Writ of Certiorari DENIED.
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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.
Legal Documentation and News
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
