Gonna have to agree here. He copied her number off a sheet of paper, he didn't show up at her house with a wedding ring lol. He was probably too shy to ask for her number and is really embarrassed now. All he did was call her, sheesh lol And seriously to the people saying call the police and get a restraining order....really?

It's already been said he could have just said hi to her and tried chatting instead he took her phone number which he has no right to have. I'm a very shy person and it's never entered my mind to steal someone's number I don't see why it should be okay in his head. And yes in our day and age full of stories of abuse I don't think it's an overreaction to call and let the police be aware of a potential danger to her safety in case he does turn out to be a stalker or worse.

True it isn't stalking nor harassment but you have no idea of what the OPs comfort level is with this sort of stuff. Phone books exist yes but if you are uncomfortable with having your address and number in there you can always sign up to be unlisted. Same with private numbers. It was an extremely creepy thing to do to copy a phone number not meant for him to consume and then ring the OP up. The OP has every right to go to the church and ask for something to be done about it. Privacy is important and someone shouldn't be allowed to copy down numbers and other information from a church's (assumed) information sign up sheet.

If you don't want people to be able to see your phone number written down on a sign up sheet, don't put it on the sign-up sheet. If there was a fee for said event and they wanted credit card numbers, would you write your credit card number on the sheet and expect everyone would have the "decency" not to copy it down? This is no big deal. The only way this would become a big deal is if the person continued calling after being rejected and won't take no for an answer. Without additional evidence, I am in agreement the OP is overreacting.

Tbh I didn't really think it was that weird. As long as if you tell him you're not interested he leaves you alone I don't really think I'd be that fussed.

It's not "stealing" a number. Numbers are public information !!!!!

It really depends on if the OP knew him beforehand or not. People who attend church together tend to feel like they "know each other" more than they actually do sometimes. When I was a teenager I attended a youth group function and my friend left her phone unattended on a table, so this one guy decided to go through it to find my number and start calling me a week later. I knew him, but barely, so it was only minorly annoying, but I could see where OP would find it creepy if she didn't even know the guy.

You said it well. I was thinking that if this guy was handsome and well-to-do, it wouldn't seem very creepy to her.