ORLANDO, Fla. -- Members of a nationally known church will be picketing outside of several Central Florida churches on Easter Sunday with a message pastors say is more about shock value than God's words.

A group from the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has announced they will be outside Easter services at St. Luke's United Methodist, First Baptist Church, Calvary Assembly of God and Mary Queen of the Universe churches early Sunday.

Westboro church members said they believe school shootings, 9-11 and solider deaths are "God's revenge" for America's moral decline and tolerance for homosexuality and abortion.

"This nation is awash in sin," Westboro Baptist Church member Stephen Drain said. "The people of Orlando need this preaching more than they need oxygen to breathe and water to drink."

The group has made national headlines by picketing soldiers' funerals, Local 6 reported.

In Orlando, they've printed controversial fliers and sent them to area churches.

"Good Bible sentiments like God hates (expletive)," Drain said. "And God is your enemy and (expletive) church and your pastor is a whore."

St. Luke's United Methodist Church pastor Bill Barnes said his church has prepared ammunition of their own -- counter banners. And, he said they've mailed letters to parishioners.

"It is difficult for me to understand how a group of people can claim to be a church of Jesus and not be a church of love," Barnes said. (They) should not engage in any way with this group when the come and to ignore them and go about worship on Easter Sunday and we also would."

Several churches targeted by the group will have a police presence for traffic control, Local 6 reported.

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