Along with the new recruitment efforts of the COTC has come a resurgence of the violent behavior that characterized the group under Klassen's leadership in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In August 1997, a father and son, while leaving a rock concert in Sunrise, FL, were accosted by a group of skinheads distributing COTC flyers. As the pair was walking away, the belligerent group of skinheads attacked both father and son. According to The Miami Herald, about 11 skinheads participated in the beating, kicking the pair in the back, chest, and face and smashing beer bottles over their heads. At the appearance of others, the perpetrators ran off. As of February 1998, no one had been arrested in connection with the beating. The Sunrise police department has classified the attack as a hate crime, and the investigation remains open.

In June 1997,30 COTC members disrupted a gun-rights rally at California's state capitol building in Sacramento. Church members ran through the crowd, estimated at 800 people, distributing COTC fliers and yelling, "Freedom of Speech!" After rally organizers told the group to leave, California Highway Patrol officers and sheriff deputies forcefully escorted them from the rally. According to one officer, the COTC members were trying to start a riot. (The Contra Costa Times, June 29, 1997)

Also indicative of COTC's new lease on life, newly revived regional branches of the organization have appeared in several cities across the country. Regional branches exist in Auburn, CA, under the direction of Rev. Bart Powell, in Missoula, MT. led by Rev. Dan Hassett, and in Fort Lauderdale, FL, led by Rev. Guy Lombardi. These regional branches, which supposedly cover several states each, complement a long list of small COTC contact points elsewhere around the country.

The reappearance of the Church of the Creator is a disturbing indication of the sustained appeal for some people of Klassen's racist ideas, and is yet another example of the need for continued vigilance in the fight against violent extremism.