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EDMOND, OK (March 13, 2007) \u2013 One of the giant red billboards that suddenly appeared last week in several Oklahoma City and Tulsa locations reads, \u201cBoycott LifeChurch.tv.\u201d Another declares, \u201cLifeChurch.tv makes me sick.\u201d
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\n\u201cPeople thought someone was making fun of us,\u201d says Katie Moore, the director of marketing for LifeChurch.tv, \u201cThen they would go to the SatanHatesLife<\/a> website and realize we did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statements on each of the billboards, along with other signs that read, \u201cI was robbed at LifeChurch.tv,\u201d and \u201cLifeChurch.tv is killing me,\u201d are quotes attributed to Satan. The billboards are meant to encourage non-Christians to consider the destructive work of Satan in their lives and the power of Christ to help people overcome. \u201cWe recognize there are people who don\u2019t believe in Satan, but they are familiar with the character of Satan,\u201d Moore says.<\/p>\n

The signs are displayed in cities where the multi-site Evangelical Covenant Church has campuses. Three signs are displayed in Oklahoma City as well as two in Tulsa, Moore says. Three rotate on mobile trucks in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Others are planned for Fort Worth, Texas, and possibly Mesa, Arizona.<\/p>\n

The church hopes motorists will come to know that Satan hates their lives and what God wants to do in them. The website link listed on the billboard doesn\u2019t lead directly to the church\u2019s website, but rather to Satan Hates Life. A link to the church is on the website.<\/p>\n

Despite the confusion by some congregation members, Moore says, \u201cWe\u2019ve really received good feedback so far. We expected to get a barrage of complaints, but we haven\u2019t yet.\u201d She notes there is even a link on the associated website people can use to file complaints.<\/p>\n

Although no complaints have been listed on the website, one billboard company, fearing adverse reaction, turned down the signs because they had \u201cSatan\u201d listed on them, Moore says. She adds the company would have accepted the advertisements if they used a caricature of Satan instead of the word.<\/p>\n

The church decided not to use one billboard, however, although a picture of the proposed billboard is on the website. The board says, \u201cLifeChurch.tv sucks.\u201d Church leaders believed it might be too objectionable to motorists passing by, but felt it would work with web surfers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it takes a little bit of edginess to reach people, then we\u2019re going to be OK with that,\u201d Moore says.<\/p>\n

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