With over 75 "contact points" spread across 27 states, ten international contacts and more than 30 affiliated Web sites, the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC), currently led by Matt Hale and based in East Peoria, Illinois, is one of the larger hate groups in the United States, as well as one of the most notorious. WCOTC defines itself as a "religion" established for the "survival, expansion, and advancement of [the] White Race exclusively." WCOTC’s ideology vehemently attacks Jews, Christians, Blacks and other people of color, although Jews are the main focus of WCOTC’s hateful rhetoric.

The group offers two venues for women -- the Women's Frontier and The Sisterhood of the WCOTC, each with its own Web site and newsletter. The Sisterhood advertises itself primarily as a place to "provide an outlet for [white women] to express their feelings of racial loyalty in positive ways," such as writing poetry and providing support for other "white sisters," while The Women's Frontier focuses on direct racial activism, such as distributing WCOTC propaganda and attending meetings and rallies. The Sisterhood also has a Prisoner Support Group and it was through this group that Chase allegedly began corresponding with Felton.

The WCOTC was formed in the early 1970s by Florida racist Ben Klassen, who committed suicide in 1993. Since its inception, it has garnered a longstanding and deserved reputation as one of the most violent white supremacist groups in the United States. However, Hale has consistently maintained that the group's ultimate objective -- the survival, expansion and advancement of the "White Race" -- can be achieved through legal and nonviolent means.

Nevertheless, the group has not condemned the violent actions of its followers, including a two-state shooting spree by follower Benjamin Smith in July 1999 that left two people dead and nine wounded (all members of minority groups). Following Smith's rampage and subsequent suicide, Hale portrayed the gunman as a martyr. "As far as we're concerned," Hale said of the carnage, "the loss is one white man."