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Formation of The Creativity Movement
The Creativity Movement was formed in 1973 by the late racist Ben Klassen under the name Church of the Creator (COTC). It established that race was what embodied the truth for all of culture and civilization, and the Caucasian race was the most superior of them all. -
The White Man's Bible
In 1981, Ben Klassen wrote The White Man’s Bible, which was required for all members to read at least once a day. -
Racially Motivated Murder
Creativity Reverend, George Loeb, was convicted of the murder of Harold Mansfield Jr., a black sailor and Gulf War veteran, in Mayport, Florida., in 1991. -
New Leader For COTC
Before Klassen's death, Richard McCarty was chosen to lead COTC and came in effect in 1993. -
Hate Crime
In 1993, eight individuals who were associated to the COTC were arrested in Southern California for plotting to bomb a black church in L.A. and assassinate Rodney King. Later on, in 1993, Jeremiah Knesal, a member of the COTC, was found with weapons, ammunition and hate literature in his car. He later confessed to his involvement in a July 1993 firebombing of an NAACP office in Tacoma, Washington. -
Klassen's Death
Klassen committed suicide by swallowing four bottles of sleeping pills. -
End of McCarty's Leadership
In 1992, an anticipated lawsuit was against The Southern Poverty Law because of the potential connections in the Mansfield murder. In 1994, McCarty failed to defend COTC in the lawsuit, which resulted in the end of his leadership. -
New Leader For COTC
The organization was revived under the leadership of Matt Hale. -
World Church of The Creator
Hale quickly dictated and changed the name of the organization to World Church of The Creator (WCOTC). He was named the "highest priest" by the elders of the group. He brought many young male followers to the organization. -
Hate Crime
In 1999 Benjamin Smith, one of WCOTC’s members, went on a two-state killing spree, beginning on July 4, that left two dead and nine wounded, all members of racial and religious minorities. -
WCTOC Falling Apart
During this time important figures started to depart from the group. Hale's important female activists Lisa Turner and Melody LaRue, who tried to encourage women to join the Sisterhood of the WCTOC, quit the organization. -
Expansion Under Hale's Leadership
From 14 chapters in 1996, WCOTC grew to 88 chapters by 2002, making it the neo-Nazi group with the largest number of chapters in America. -
Copyright Infringement
In November 2002 the WCOTC lost a copyright infringement lawsuit issued by Te-Ta-Ma Truth Foundation, which had trademarked “Church of the Creator” previously. Hale refused to comply with U.S. district court judge. Joan Humphrey Lefkow’s order to ban the using the name Church of the Creator on websites and all printed press. -
Conspiring Murder
On January 2003, when Hale appeared in court for a contempt of court hearing, he was arrested for conspiring to have the judge murdered. -
Downfall WCOTC
On March 7, 2005, Judge Lefkow returned home from work to find her husband, attorney Michael F. Lefkow, and her mother, Donna Humphrey, murdered. Immediately, Matt Hale was suspected of sending the murders from his jail cell as an act of revenge against the judge. In the matter of conspiring to have Judge Lefkow assassinated in 2003, Hale received a forty-year prison sentence on April 6, 2005.