25 Facts About Artur Pawlowski

Artur Pawlowski was born on March 28,1973 and is a Polish-Canadian evangelical street preacher and political activist.

Artur Pawlowski is pastor of the Cave of Adullam congregation in Calgary and previously led the Kings Glory Fellowship.

Artur Pawlowski was born on March 28,1973, in Kozuchow, Poland.

Artur Pawlowski emigrated to Canada in 1995 and became a Canadian citizen on February 2,2004.

Artur Pawlowski is a Protestant street preacher the founder and pastor of Street Church Ministries and a pastor of Kings Glory Fellowship.

Artur Pawlowski was accused of several City of Calgary bylaw infractions which were struck down in December 2019 by the provincial court.

Artur Pawlowski is the first to hold such a position for the province of Alberta.

In 2014, Artur Pawlowski was fined for his attempt to participate in the 2012 Calgary Stampede parade with his followers without official permission.

In 2015, Artur Pawlowski appeared at a press conference with a member of his congregation along with a Calgary Transit bus driver who had been fired for refusing to drive Calgary's pride-themed rainbow bus.

In September 2022, Artur Pawlowski became the leader of the Independence Party of Alberta.

In 2014, Artur Pawlowski endorsed Ric McIver's leadership bid of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta.

Artur Pawlowski stated that the 2013 Alberta floods were caused by God's vengeance over LGBTQ+ Albertans.

In December 2020, Artur Pawlowski was fined for failing to wear a mask and failing to have a permit for an anti-mask demonstration held in late November 2020.

In February 2021, Artur Pawlowski marched in and led an anti-lockdown rally in Downtown Calgary while holding a tiki torch during the daytime.

Artur Pawlowski compared the Calgary Police and an AHS Public Health Inspector to the Nazis and the Gestapo and demanded they leave the congregation.

Later, Artur Pawlowski was arrested by the Calgary Police Service and charged for organizing, promoting and attending an illegal in-person gathering that violated evidence-based public health orders.

On September 27,2021, after returning from COVID-19 themed events in the United States to Canada, Artur Pawlowski was arrested by the Canada Border Services Agency at Calgary International Airport, before being released later the same day.

Artur Pawlowski was being charged with disobeying a court order and failing to wear a mask.

Artur Pawlowski was required to pay Alberta Health Services' estimated $20,000 legal costs.

On 2 January 2022, Artur Pawlowski was arrested on Crowchild Trail and "charged with one count of breaching a judge's order that restrained [Artur Pawlowski] from attending any illegal public gathering".

The bail judge imposed "conditions that [Artur Pawlowski has] no contact with Copping and [does] not attend his residence" while he waited for a trial on the merits.

Artur Pawlowski was arrested on 7 February 2022 at the Coutts, Alberta border crossing blockade after encouraging protesters to back out of an agreement they had made with RCMP to leave the area.

Artur Pawlowski was ordered to pay a $25,000 cash deposit, put under curfew and forbidden from attending protests, and the court required sureties from Artur Pawlowski's wife and son.

In February 2023, Artur Pawlowski was on trial at Lethbridge Court and pled not guilty to charges of mischief, breaching a release order, and damaging or destroying essential infrastructure during the Canada convoy protest at Coutts.

The charges partly relate to a speech that Artur Pawlowski delivered on February 3,2022 which encouraged protestors to defy police orders to clear the area.