On February 23, 2021, a man named "Ronnie D Stephens" of Jamestown, Tennessee filed for a NEW Trademark on the name of the Worldwide Church of God.
Trademark Information: "WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD(WCG)"
US Serial Number: 90542251
US Registration Number: 6873622
First Use and Use in Commerce: Nov. 13, 2021
Goods and Services: FOR Religious and spiritual services, namely, conducting religious worship, marriage ceremonies, baptismal ceremonies, baby dedications, bereavement ceremonies, and religious counseling
International Class(es): 045 - Primary Class
U.S Class(es): 100, 101
He originally tried to file it in the International Class: 016
FOR Printed publications, namely, brochures, booklets, and teaching materials in the field of Religious, Social and Historical archived materials pertaining to the original teachings of the Worldwide Church of God and its founder Herbert W. Armstrong.
That is a direct quote from the original application.
This is a NEW TRADEMARK. The USAGE by Ronnie D Stephens began November 13, 2021.
The ORIGINAL USAGE, which can be found in the preserved records, publications, and productions of Herbert W Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God, is STILL KING.
While posting worship and religious services on YouTube.com for the use of members in the "member's area", Samuel Kitchen(Administrator of this website) had his YouTube Channel reported as "impersonating" the Worldwide Church of God. This channel was deleted, and so far the appeals have not been responded to.
The only way this could have been contested is with the existence of a YouTube Channel using the name "Worldwide Church of God" who also claims "trademark" usage. You cannot claim someone is impersonating you without showing proof of your usage.
Shortly after the deletion of this channel, Ronnie Stephens YouTube Channel began uploading(at least publicly) Sabbath services to his channel, even going so far as to copy the style Samuel Kitchen had with the "Young Ambassador Videos" uploaded years prior.
This new Trademark was used to SILENCE the original usage. All videos had the Worldwide Church of God SEAL and LOGO, which was used by Herbert W Armstrong. Ronnie D Stephens has an altered version, and counterfeit of this in use for his group.
This should have been ample proof Samuel Kitchen was NOT impersonating Ronnie Stephens.
Who Is Ronnie D Stephens?
On August 24, 2015, he started a website calling it "HWAStorehouse". This was based on Malachi 3:10 "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house..."
Here is what Ronnie Stephens wrote on that website!
(Quote) " One day the churches of God are going to wake up and discover that all the precious truth they were taught by God’s Apostle is no longer available. All Internet sites that are upholding Mr. Armstrong will have been shut down. No longer will God’s people have access to the precious truth God gave us through his church. There won’t be anything to download or upload, it will all be gone. God call this in Amos 8: 11-12 “A Famine of hearing the words of the Lord.” He says people will by searching everywhere for the words of truth to no avail verse 12. But there will be those who are wise enough to get these precious words while they are still available; They will be the ones who saw the evil day approaching. You can be one of the wise who don’t have to starve when this spiritual famine takes place. The HWA Storehouse announces for the first time ever, brethren will have a chance to acquire all the precious Knowledge God fed his church and Apostle through for over 50 years."(End Quote)
He was engaged in a project that received tithes and offerings from people, and in return Ronnie Stephens would use them to send out "flashdrives" with publications belonging to the Worldwide Church of God and Herbert W Armstrong. This was on the basis of a MISTRANSLATION of Amos 8:11-12.
"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it."
In the "survivalist mentality", Ronnie believed that people ought to have a "flashdrive" of Church material, while going through this "famine".
While the Word of God said "and shall not find it" in Amos 8:12, Ronnie D Stephens set out to usurp God, and to provide people with a flashdrive. All this done while collecting, and handling and using God's Tithes and Offerings! He was NOT an ordained minister.
My family warned him privately and publicly.
He knew of my family, and our usage of the name "Worldwide Church of God".
We have Facebook pages(A Voice Cries Out- Herbert W Armstrong", Worldwide Church of God Archives, and Worldwide Church of God Library) all of which has YouTube Channels of their own that STILL EXIST! On those pages and YouTube channels, we are ACTIVE in using the Worldwide Church of God name(and have been for over a decade), and our association is with and always has been with Herbert W Armstrong.
On October 19, 2020, Ronnie D Stephens filed a Trademark on the name "The Original Worldwide Church of God".
THE ORIGINAL WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD (OWCG)
US Serial Number: 90263315
US Registration Number: 6541204
First Use and First Use in Commerce: August 06, 2020
Goods and Services:
FOR Religious and spiritual services, namely, conducting religious worship, marriage ceremonies, baptismal ceremonies, baby dedications, bereavement ceremonies, and religious counseling
So he already has a SEPARATED TRADEMARK, for his own use.
He seeks PRIMACY over the "Worldwide Church of God", just like Simon Magus of old sought out PRIMACY. He committed PERJURY when he filed, because he KNEW OF A USAGE PRIOR TO SEEKING OWNERSHIP OF THE NEW TRADEMARK!
And with now the DELETION of Samuel Kitchen's YouTube channel, his new trademark is applying pressure to OPPRESS those of the true Worldwide Church of God.
I say, the true Church, because GOD SAYS THOU SHALL NOT STEAL! Yet Ronnie Stephens sought to ROB GOD of His Tithes! Ronnie Stephens IS AN UNBELIEVER. For when God said "and shall not find it", Ronnie said YOU SHALL FIND IT!
What spirit does this remind you of brethren?
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
"And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
"But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."(Genesis 3:1-5)
This makes Ronnie D Stephens NOT A TRUE MINISTER OF THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD! His claim to be a minister is FALSE! For evidence, go back to what Herbert W Armstrong and the Worldwide Church of God taught from the Word of God! You cannot obtain a ministry with Jesus Christ THROUGH SIN! You must REPENT OF SIN! AND BELIEVE GOD!In this case, Ronnie Stephens has not done neither that merits ordination.
While, Ronnie Stephens has a NEW TRADEMARK, his does not OVERTHROW the ORIGINAL USAGE! Those of us who are continuing the original usage are NOT PRETENDERS, and we are not trying to OPPRESS OTHERS to seek PRIMACY. We simply seek to OBEY and WORSHIP God freely. Sadly, this does not agree with Ronnie Stephens.
Jesus Christ said, BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM. BEWARE OF FALSE MINISTERS BRETHREN! BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS OF SATAN THE DEVIL!
AVOID THESE MEN AS GOD COMMANDS. DO NOT SUPPORT THE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING!
In Christ's service,
Samuel Kitchen
Administrator
Below are pictures of Ronnie Stephens, and his "Original Worldwide Church of God" and his NEW "WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD(WCG)" logo.
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