Eleven Christians Jailed For Preaching The Gospel In Philadelphia

Christians Jailed In Philadelphia For Preaching God's WordOctober 11, 2004 The City of Philadelphia has shown itself intolerant of the Gospel and those who proclaim its message.On Sunday, October 10, eleven Christians were arrested on the streets of Philadelphia as they shared the truth of the Scriptures and called upon hundreds of celebrating homosexuals to repent and believe the Gospel.On the first day of the "REPENT AMERICA LIFE AND LIBERTY TOUR" eleven Christians took the Gospel to the Philadelphia Outfest Homosexual Pride Event. The Christians displayed banners with Biblical messages and began to preach the gospel to those in attendance. The event took place on a public street where thousands were milling. The ministry team was immediately accosted by the "Pink Angels", a militant mob of homosexuals who attempted to drown out the call to repentance with dozens of loud whistles, and sought to hide the message with dozens of large sheets of pink styrofoam. Even though the Christians obeyed all laws, city ordinances, and lawful requests by the Philadelphia police officers on hand, they were promptly and without warning, arrested and hauled off to jail where they spent 21 hours before being released on Monday morning. Among the outrageous charges filed against these faithful witnesses were the following.-Criminal Conspiracy, felony-Possession of Instruments of Crime, misdemeanor (The Bible is a two-edged sword and was considered a threat to the lawless and ungodly)Reckless Endangerment of Another Person, misdemeanor (This was entirely dreamed up) Ethnic Intimidation, felony (Sodomites have worked for years to have clear Gospel preaching outlawed as a hate crime.)Riot, felony (Dispite the fact that our behavior was above reproach and we were attacked by a mob of whistle blowing, obscenity screaming God haters, the Christians, and only the Christians, were charged.)Failure to Disperse, misdemeanor (This charge is also bogus) Disorderly Conduct, misdemeanor (A favorite allegation made by those who have no truly lawful charge to bring against those who would obey the great commission.)Obstructing Highways, misdemeanor ( Once again this charge is ridiculous. A video crew was on hand to film the ministry outreach and the footage will clearly disprove the validity of every charge brought against us)"The Scriptures are filled with accounts of faithful followers of the Messiah who proclaimed the Gospel dispite severe persecusion. We are called upon and commanded to do no less. To shrink back would not be Biblical Christianity. May all of the true Disciples of our Messiah live as he lived and obediently follow Him even as this world grows in its hatred toward the truth of the Gospel and toward His servants." said Dennis Green, director of Life and Liberty Ministries.CONTACT:Dennis GreenLife and Liberty MinistriesLife and Liberty MinistriesRelated story:News item

i was born and raised in Philadelphia, and once loved downtown Philly a great deal in my younger years, back during the time of a less godless society ... But then after i came to Christ, got older, and times changed, i became less and less enamoured of downtown Philly, with it's increasing incivility, street people, crime, drugs and prostitution ... In fact i began to see even in this reletavely blue collar, working class town, which New Yorkers call "a small town masquerading as a big city", some of the same degredation creeping in as in the Big Apple itself, blatant homosexuality being one of them ... Hey, we even have an Odunde Festival where people actually throw fruit/grain and flower offerings into the Schuykill River, to an ancient African God ...Philly being a Quaker town, once had a tendency to hide it's (small) dark side even in the 60's, 70's and 80's, in red light districts that contained it's porn shops, adult book stores, theaters, and it's areas of illicit sexual activities ... We all knew which areas to stay away from if we did not want to view such activities ...Not anymore ... Now in fact the City government has decided just recently, for revenues sake, to make Philly a gay vacation spot attraction, with such ads as "Get your History Straight, and your Nite Life Gay" ... As i've mentioned before, i have a very, very bad feeling about downtown Philadelphia, that something very devestating will occur here, something fiery, and i pray for this city (for two of my daughters work downtown) just about everytime i view it's skyline from the Betsy Ross bridge, on my way home from work in NJ ... New York, LA and San Francisco seems to have always been out of control, but not Philadelphia ... We're a city jammed packed with churches and clergy, and we know better than to tempt God, but like the stupid politicians, foolish clergy and brain dead citizentry spoken to by the prophet Ezekiel, we just won't be happy until we force the hand of God to lay us bare ...

Here are a few articles concerning the arrests.Interview with Michael MarcavageAgape Press ArticleConcerned Women for America Article