Vandal Tags St. Andrew's Church With 'Act Like Christ' Graffiti

The message that a vandal left on a Waukesha church’s siding was strong and it might not go away for a long time.

“Act more like Christ and less like Christains,” the red paint reads on the side of the church.

But, because of the material of the church, there appears to be no easy way to clean off the graffiti. The church has even gone as far as contacting Graffiti Effacers but it is unlikely the organization will be able to clean up the paint, said Jane Fryda, pastor for

“We are having troubles finding a way to clean it off,” Fryda said. “… My fear is at this point we may have to replace portions of the siding.”

Unfortunately, the church replaced the siding last year.

The church reported the vandalism at 8:57 a.m. Wednesday to the Waukesha Police Department but as far as Fryda knows, there are no suspects. The pastor said the paint is the same color that was used to tag a neighboring bus shelter a few weeks ago.

The congregation at St. Andrew’s has “incredibly wonderful hearts” and it is saddening to think that people think Christians are not acting like Christ, Fryda said.

“That is something that we are about is to be like Christ,” Fryda said. “We don’t think it is an attack against us. We think it is an attack against Christianity."

The St. Andrew’s congregation works hard to give back to the community, Fryda said, and tries to be like Christ, including forgiveness.

“It just saddens us that somebody would be destructive in that way,” she said.