Posted on 04/27/2007 8:36:48 AM PDT by 4lifeandliberty
On the morning of April 18, Kutztown University (Pennsylvania), exhibited intolerance and hostility towards the gospel. Shortly after we began ministering at Kutztown University a crowd of approximately 400 to 500 students surrounded the team of Gospel preachers.
Even though this is a state university and a classic free speech venue, the university police force ordered the Christians to leave the campus immediately. The police then, at the urging of a hostile crowd, arrested two preachers from the ministry team. As the remainder of the team left with police escort, they were followed by several hundred angry and profane lovers of tolerance. The ministry team is a unified outreach of several gospel ministries from across the nation. The two team members who were arrested were charged with disorderly conduct. One university police officer was relieved of his immediate duties and then suspended when he questioned the Constitutionality of participating in the obvious discrimination of the Christian group. He is now awaiting further disciplinary actions.
"OFFICER UPDATE" On April 26, Officer Steve Armbruster was called upon to appear for a disciplinary meeting. He was given 5 days with no pay. He has served with the Kutztown University police for 15 years.
Hear a report on "One News Now": Christian street preachers booted from Penn. school http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com
Hear Dennis Green's report on The Heart of the Matter with Ralph Ovadal http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com
View a terribly biased and misleading news report from WFMZ TV. Violence is mentioned twice even though there was none. Kutztown newscast. http://www.lifeandlibertyministries.com
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Approximately 30 Christians participated in the tour. Here is a recap of the stops made.
Day 1
Day of Silence visit to Abington High School. Students came out to protest our presence and our group had several good conversations with the kids.
Kutztown University. This stop could have been great if it had not been for the police opposition. Hundreds of students gathered and it quickly became apparent that this was an intolerant school toward the call to repentance and the clear teachings of the gospel. In the end, two Christians were arrested and one Officer was suspended, and the rest of the team was escorted off of the campus.
Day 2
Upper darby High School. Great stop as always. The students pour into this school from the sidewalks and hundreds the gospel tracts are given out.
Landsdowne intersection. We set up at the main intersection in downtown Landsdowne. Landsdowne has sought to draw homosexuals to their community and has declared themselves to be a "No Place For Hate" zone. In a nutshell, the Biblical teachings on sodomy are considered hate speech in this "tolerant" community. The Gospel was preached and literature was distributed.
East Stroudsburg University. Upon arrival, Jeremy and Jim began to preach to a growing crowd of students. Jim was arrested and the team was topld to leave the campus. We set up on the public sidewalks that ran through the campus and soon a huge crowd of students had gathered to oppose the preaching. I am amazed at the hardness of heart on many Unversity campuses now. The crowds became so large that the police asked us to leave. Through negotiations they agreed to allow us to return to the center of the campus to preach where there was more room. The team set up and ministered for several more hours. Miles delivered and excellent defense for the gospel. and sinners were called upon to turn to Christ. The hearts were very hard and the mouths were just as vulgar. Nevertheless, the truth was presented and much literature was distributed.
Day 3
Millersville University. Started out slowly as the police made the preacher (Jeremy) stay within a "free speech" area. Eventually a large crowd of students gathered. The Gospel was preached through the day and the students asked many questions that were answered from the Scriptures. Many great conversations were had. Literature was distributed throughout the campus.
Are these like the guys who yelled at a girl I know through a megaphone, saying that she was a sinful whore because sinfulness is proportional to bust size?
(There’s reasons we science and engineering types stay away from that side of campus, lol.)
Mind you, I’m a Missionary Baptist, we’re as conservative as they come, but that sort of nonsense ain’t nowhere in any Bible I’ve ever seen.
These guys will come out every few weeks and shout abuse at people for several hours, calling them whores, drug users, pornographers, etc, without once mentioning the name of Jesus Christ. I often wonder if they are not trying to do drive people away from the loving arms of God, because I cannot imagine a more effective way of doing so.
That isn’t to say that these guys were doing that, or that the police would have been justified in any way for bothering them, but I can see how someone might be afraid of a violent disturbance arising in such a situation and reacting poorly on account of it.
Well, someting tells me they these good people may "know their own Bible" better than you give them credit for.
"Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples----and teach them to do everything I have told you." (Mathew 28:19)
"preach the word; be ready in season and out of season, (when it's popular or unpopular); reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction (2 Timothy 4:2),
"And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?" (Romans 10:14)
"What I tell you in secret, shout from the rooftops." (Mathew 10:27)
"These things command and teach:" (I Timothy 4:11)
"Till I come, attend unto reading, to exhortation and to doctrine." (I Timothy 4:13)
See my post #4, muzzies will convert you at the point of a gun, Christians, they offer the Word, you get to choose.
No takers? TIme to move on to ‘greener pastures’.
Out here.
Constantine XIII, Your post has nothing to do with what happened or with the Christians who were there that day.
Hey, whoa, hold your horses, brother! ;)
The post was meant to underline the fact that before we start condemning folks as Bad People (tm), we need to make sure that we’ve got all of the facts straight. Would it not foolish to always take what “some guy on tha intarweb” says at face value, especially if it is inflammatory? Also, history shows that not everyone who claims to march under the banner of the Cross is reflecting the gospel of love. A good example of these would be the characters who show up at my school periodically and shout abuse at passersby, but never once mention Christ or His crucifixion and ressurection.
Some people seem to like the sound of their own voice. Trolling in real life, if you will.
This behavior can attract large and unruly crowds, and if that large unruly crowd posed a safety hazard the campus authorities were well within their rights to ask these folks to leave their property.
LOL, all of this would have been clearer if you had indicated that you are the author of the piece. XD
My apologies!
“Free speech area”?
What is a free speech ‘area’? I thought the US Constitution applied throughout these United States, not in selected areas. And if so, when did the LEOs begin enforcing these areas with force of arms?
I am rapidly losing respect for those who wear the uniform of a police officer. If they willingly enforce laws that are blatently unConstitutional because it is their ‘job’, then they are no better than Mao’s thugs who murdered millions. Or Stalin’s. Or Hitler’s.
Uphold the US Constitution at all cost. It is what authorizes our government to exist. Without it...
It is merely a totalitarian regime with no legal authority.
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