About 40 Christians came from around the nation to testify the God of the Bible to this religious City. From Idaho, California, New York, North Carolina, Florida, and Nevada.
Friday Oct. 4 Preached and witnessed in the streets of Salt Lake, at the temple and at a conference at the Salt Palace.
Saturday and Sunday preached/warned the large crowds in front of the Temple from 8:00 Am to 6-7 Pm, with banners and literature getting passed out.
Monday Preached at SLC Peace Rally
Salvation: Total count SAVED was eight, with at least four who knelt down on the grass outside the Temple walls to become a Christian. All 8 were sent to BBC for follow up. God's word will not return void! We had 3 men who could Preach in Spanish, a great answer to Prayer for reaching those who otherwise would not have heard!
Police : Initially there were all kinds of misunderstandings about the rules, since there were some permits that we had to work around. At one point, Rod was being sited by a uniformed officer and was possibly headed to jail. These two high ranking plain clothes officers walked over to Rod and the uniformed officer and RIPPED THE TICKET UP!!! God has given us great favor with this police department.
News articles:
Protestors to Church doctrine grow http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/40183
Statewide
Rallies for Peace Attract Diverse Crowds
Quote: "Several interlopers crashed the Salt Lake City peace party. There
were religious zealots carrying giant Jesus banners"! http://www.sltrib.com/10082002/utah/5136.htm
FAIR an apologetics group has published "Anti-Mormon protesters at the October 2002 LDS General Conference" All the pics are us except for a fundamentalist mormon & a guy who gets messages from god about cleansing temples? Some must be asking uncomfortable questions, thus: http://www.fairlds.org/apol/antis/2002gc.html
A day or two after conference the Main Street Plaza 10th Circuit Court decision opened the area again to Free Speech. Here's Lonnie on the Front Page of the Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/10112002/utah/6086.htm
We were interviewed by many news agencies from everywhere. Ruben talked with one reporter from england for about 20 minutes, as he took a number of photos and told him, "I'm not religious, but I think you guys are right. That Temple has no windows, no one is allowed in, and there are guards that keep people away. I think you guys are right, this is a cult."