Capstone (n): the high point; the crowning achievement...

                only    WHEN          
                          YOU                   
                                   GET          
                      SOME                   
     The GO-GETTER Club: POLICY #1     

Hello both,

The crowning achievement of this blog is being part of the great collective work started on FACTNet - Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 1:50 am. Providing tens-of-thousands of hours of reflection, growth & entertainment. When Pastor Davis died today, my perceived duty to inform died. The king is dead (RIP), long live who's next. Huzzah!

Tithe? Sure, but what's tithe? (originally posted 6/19/2011)...

    easy to understand

                      easy to apply

A policy from God, or rule from men? (you decide) originally posted 8/18/2010...

     easy to understand

                      easy to apply

Jesus, the Apostles, New Testament tithe & Christians (no, they're not kidding) originally posted 9/11/2011...

    easy to understand

                      easy to apply

Abram's tithe (Abraham didn't tithe), Moses' tithe & Christians (no, they're not kidding) originally posted 7/4/2011...

    easy to understand

                      easy to apply

Origin lore; a repository (originally posted 3/16/2010)...

1948

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” 

– George Santayana (1905)

Enter an origin story in the comments or post a link to one to save typing. I know there's a lot of histories on the blogs. This will add any links or text to the below testimonies, for a one stop shop. Thanks.

SYNERGY? Don't worry, it's just their newest worldly policy, don't ya know. Wow & par (originally posted 7/20/2013)...

   WHERE THE WORLD LEADS   
          NTCC WILL FOLLOW         

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye:

Important note:

As you probably know, during the spring conference sessions, the General Board determined that all licensed and ordained ministers be henceforth required to attend a minimum of one conference per year. This is in keeping with Synergy and a true team spirit. Therefore, if you missed the spring conference, we expect to see you this fall.

God v. Graham? The great WAKE-UP. They win & you pay (originally posted 12/31/2012) #paytoplay...

Jesus's been reimagined
for the 21st century
& NTCC's
newly remodeled J.C.
is winning.
It's now about what's FUN. 

"New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc., also called New Testament Christian Church is one of the most wonderful churches available today. Among this church it is well known that we don’t consider ourselves to be the “only ones saved”, and we also know that, more and more, in churches of today, the world and the saints are without distinction. Churches as godly as this one are certainly rare nowadays, but weren’t so rare 50 years ago." - The_WHIRLWIND (on FACTNet in 2004)

The picture illustrates the outcome of the cosmetic changes to our Cult. Along with the The_WHIRLWIND, we also want to know what happened to who/what NTCC was founded upon over 40 years ago?

It's Christmas. Take the gift of better eternal life to the NEW Year (originally posted 12/25/2012)...

       one of the best things       
          for you and yours           

Please note, the message below is coming from the man who has been 'assigned' to Graham for over 28 (42 now) years; pursuing his "called to administrative work..."? But, we never find out if Mike was talking about the Gift-of-Administration or called as in he was appointed. But, he's known by his near-constant intentional ambiguity stemming from his lack of a firm foundation.

Sorry about all the red ink (again, my commentary). But, as is usual, Senior Pastor Kekel's reasons/reasonings engender more questions than answers; clouds not clarifies, tattles not trumpets, prattles not proclaims.

"Fellowship Meetings weren't of God" or more policy from "this go-getter has three jobs" (originally posted 11/21/2012)...

ARE WE THERE YET?

Hello all,

Senior Pastor Kekel wrote..."The primary reason for this [Fellowship Meeting cancellation], was to ease the financial burden on the churches and pastors, and stop the monthly disruption of their schedules." QUESTION: How does a church service disrupt a church's schedule? In what way? Does lunch disrupt a diner's hours-of-operation? In what way?

NTCC's what it seems (a duck) originally posted 11/10/2012 #stopbullies...

all that matters is
 money & numbers - rwd
CLICK TO DONATE
I'LL BE GLAD YOU DID
ASK ME & I'LL TELL YA
PULL MY FINGER

First Anonymous makes it appear (on Jeff's Blog) they went there by accident (“…when someone stumbles onto this page like I did…”).

Then Anonymous went there on purpose to verify something (“…the reason I came on here is because I saw something on facebook and came to check if it was real.”) And now Anonymous won’t be back. 

Believe what I say, not what you see (originally posted 11/1/2012)...

  HE  DOES,  REALLY  

What a camp-meeting could be; 1854 extract. On amazon also @ 168 pages, illustrated. I've attended this type camp meeting, once with Pastor Davis.

Anonymous wrote as a comment here..."The rooms at camp are not overpriced. 40 a night is not overpriced. Your such a liar.”

Senior Pastor Kekel wrote here..."The blessing is that it enables us to have a place to host the Conferences and keep rooms affordable for those who wish to stay on the Camp. God is good! He has made it all possible through the selfless service of many who have labored here, and by the giving of many who have a desire to be part. All donations to the Campground are tax-deductible (who's rich enough to need to itemize in NTCC?) and go toward (why toward & no to? or is he trying to sound fancy?) the upkeep and expansion (for 27% less people?) of our wonderful Campground."

EXTRA! EXTRA! Read All About Us! (originally posted 10/27/2012) #ididnotgothere…

        We consider anyone who's left NTCC       
                            AN ENEMY                            
             So visit our church this Sunday            
           (click to donate to be excused)           

Senior Pastor Kekel calls him “Ramtha Man".  But, don’t call him Kekel or Mike, et cetera; as he takes offense at anything less than the utmost respect/deference shown him, he just won't reciprocate. The rest of us know him as Bruce.

Below are links to all his articles relevant to this piece (followed by my foolish and unlearned commentary):

TL;DR Point 1: Senior STAY-GETTER? (originally posted 10/16/2012) #armchair...

...the wistful thoughts 
of a desperate man
♪♫
Senior STAY-GETTER
(click to donate)

TITLE: In a DREAM - I MARRIED THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER!

♪♫

INTRODUCTION: Senior pastor Kekel seems like a big fish because he's the fixture in Graham. Davis married-off Tanya to him & Tanya is Verna's adopted daughter. This's his claim to fame. A Davis creation; much like Denis, except Denis was always in the field & RWD didn't have another daughter. 

Comparatively, M.C. Kekel is an also-ran/a never-ran stay-getter, excepting the daughter accoutrement. He bucked pastor Davis' policies & chases the world, what can he offer?  Stay-getter, senior pew-sitter, respected? He's unfit for command.

This brief satire (now POINT 1 OF 3) is a first-person-narrative of once-wunderkind Michael Craig Kekel. Who malaprops quit means quit & not conduct/behave, for one example. This's memorialized in his 2011 message "Quit you like men".  

♪♫

TL;DR Point 2: Senior PEW-SITTER? (originally posted 10/16/2012) #armchair...

Senior PEW-SITTER
♪♫
M.C. Kekel
(click to donate)

TITLE: In a DREAM - I MARRIED THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER!

♪♫

INTRODUCTION: "I consider anyone who has left NTCC an enemy" Tune in to NTCC-tv, to watch his tele-churched variety-show "I have lots of great things to talk with you about! I have three jobs, including CEO of the Organization, President of the Bible Seminary and Senior Pastor of the local church in Graham, WA." Did you detect reverend Kekel is still NTCC's senior sympathy-sucker after 42 years? He's had decades of practice, so it's subtle. Why's he not weaned? Did marriage stop this? He runs Graham? Graham runs him.

♪♫

TL;DR Point 3: RESPECTED? (originally posted 10/16/2012) #armchair...

RESPECTED

(click to donate)

♪♫

look at me

under the suds

'tis the FILTH

of GRAHAM

♪♫

look at me

RESPECT me

PRAISE me

OBEY me

SERVE me

♪♫

TITLE: In a DREAM -I MARRIED THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER!

♪♫

INTRODUCTION: TODAY, YESTERDAY & THE-DAY-BEFORE THEN...

"this isn't working, do it more..."

"video this & put it online..."

"we only southern-workshop after october, call again come spring..."

"another workshop will fix this..."

"i don't got no respect..."

"we're going to Arizona to workshop..."

"God wants workshop in Hawaii..."

"nobody likes me, everybody hates me..."

"i married the boss's daughter! RESPECT ME!..." or

"RESPECT ME! I MARRIED THE BOSS'S DAUGHTER!" See. Either way works. Good question. Thanks.

♪♫

TL;DR Conclusion: He has no “been there, done that” testimony! (originally posted 10/16/2012) #armchair...

CONCLUSION?
not much besides:
♪♫
HE (26M) MARRIED
THE BOSS'S
DAUGHTER (16F)!
♪♫
a 1981
whirlwind romance
lead to
a 1983 marriage
♪♫
RESPECT HIM!
♪♫
Mike's a
content creator
♪♫
RESPECT HIM!
♪♫
Mike's on tv
♪♫
RESPECT HIM!
♪♫
Senior STAY-GETTER
Senior PEW-SITTER
bonus TESTIMONY
RESPECT HIM!
♪♫
see what i mean
small fish, small pond
♪♫
armchair administrator
(click to donate)

Notional WALL-O'-TEXT:

(i'll add to this 'til i have nothing more to say)

♪♫

Coattails are like cocktails-on-vacation, they're included in the package & cocktails-on-vacation are like sneakin' pizza on a diet & sneakin' pizza on a diet's like building a mansion up the road & building a mansion up the road's like sneakin' cocktails-on-vacation. Maybe g&t or neat & cigarettes for whisky. But, Davis' coattails have markedly frayed since 2014. Mike's laurels have been high mileage for decades. Like any tippler's. It must be hard being Davis' lapdog, respected by him, with so many jobs, while imagining he deserves more head-pats. So he has different, post-hormonal frustrated-desires since 1983? Interesting. He craves head pats & respect. Is this a side effect of sympathy sucking, or it's own separate thing? No matter.

WORKING WOMEN – Senior Pastor Kekel says “…it’s against the Bible.” Jeffrey C. Gross, Jr. and Tanya Kekel disagree (originally posted 10/11/2012)...

STAY IN THE HOUSE

 BE IN SUBJECTION 

DON'T TEACH MEN

Rev. Jordan published this in 1994… [$10 @ the Campground Store] Then in my dream I saw Faith and Charity continue down the Highway of Holiness, rejoicing about their victories over the enemy. They met a lady called Mrs. Career-Woman who knew faith. She began to tell her how foolish it was to throw away all her training and the future.

1,000 = 40,000? Senior Pastor? Kekel? Something fishy this way comes (originally posted 10/3/2012) #mlansky...

Same   Ol'   Same   Ol'
EMERGENCY!
(click to donate)

Hello All,

Audience preparation for this article:

Calculate how much you put in the basket & how much you spend at the Fellowship Hall for one conference, Now add what you spend for billeting on the campground. Multiply by 1000. This is a close estimate of income received from one conference of 1,000 cult members & only wrong proportionate to the number of folks you choose for each billeting category (room, bay, town; explanation below).

I got $180 for me ($80 offerings, $20 food, $80 for 1/2 room), for $180,000 income from 1,000 attendees, for one conference. Or 222 people if you divided my $180 into Kekel's $40,000, for one conference. Therefore, there are either 222 folks at conference or they rake in $180,000 for one conference. So, 1,000 ≠ 40,000. Rev. Kekel gaslights 1,000 = 40,000 below. Though you're exposed once again, once again take it away Senior Pastor Kekel (rimshot):

♪ They're pressing on their errant way ♪♫ They're sowing discord every day ♪♫ They're thriving where these all abound ♪♫ They're worldly Ain'ts no higher ground ♪ (i.e. no soup for you) ♪ (originally posted 9/28/2012)...

Is Broken

Jeff (regarding your last post),

Thanks, I understand your tack better now.

The only reason I don't agree with your method is because Bro. Bellamy wasn't backing down from what he wrote, while still reconciling with Bro. Brill. And I didn’t feel he needed help, and we could always quiz them later, after they said what they had to say (plus, sometimes if you let people talk, they will tell you more than they would have otherwise). And maybe what follows will help you understand my tack a little better also:

The BLOW UP at a Myrtle Beach Conference (originally posted 6/8/2011)...

Unless you're Family

Someone asked on Jeff’s Blog: “Deborah, did you ever know Carl Sensabaugh? Was he some kind of ‘adopted’ son of RWD. I know that you were previously married to Rev Blumenthal and it is weird having heard about people that RWD makes it sound like he cared for them like they were his own children and would have moved them up in leadership if they hadn't left NTCC.”

Well, Darwin Durek could provide you with more detail about Carl Sensabaugh’s job in the church, and more about him, than I could. From what I heard he was a very charismatic person, as was/is Rick.

Won't Get Fooled Again: NTCC's anti-family (originally posted 5/27/2011)...

FOLLOW US TO CHURCH

Read all about it here and here. Kekel's in the red again.

Read some accounts from NTCC's anti-family past (over 32 years ago) in other posts below. Particularly the ones from & about Deborah.

She's lying, no cult's this bad (originally posted 4/6/2011)...

Deja vu all over again

Hello all,

Deborah wanted me to post this comment on her blog, that she posted on Jeff's Blog. So here it is:

The Updo (originally posted 2/10/2011)...

Same as Cutting

I have been thinking about the following for years (even before NTCC stopped renewing my Ordained Minister's License in 2009).

 

Question: Since Paul talks about a woman’s hair being a covering, a glory to a women, and an example, why is it alright to style with an up-do/french roll, bun, etc, when this prevents a woman's long hair from being a covering—effectively mimicking short hair?

More gaslighting from Senior Pastor Kekel's blog (originally posted 2/5/2011)...

            We are WINNING!             

Hello all,

Directly below (the four bullet points) is an excerpt from a message on Pastor Kekel's blog, titled "Fight or Flight"...

1st time visitor w. w. says NTCC “seems like a cult” (originally posted 2/3/2011)…

All Christians pay tithe 
and give offerings

I was invited to visit a church by a long time acquaintance. She said she has been going there for 2 years and she really likes it. I went Sunday (1/30/11). The preacher was blasting rich people and all their possessions. I started looking through my bible for the scripture, "But we know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, for our sakes he became poor that we might be rich, that through his poverty we might be rich."

Old FACTNet is gone (originally posted 1/30/2011)...

Hallelujah!

Hello all,

More Good News Online...On 29 January 2011, the witness that was "old FACTNet" was deleted from the world wide web. I already archived all the NTCC stuff, so maybe someday it will make a reappearance (sounds like good content for a full-blown website). The "new FACTNet" is still with us, but is consistently inactive.

Some elegant paragraph by Burt (originally posted 1/14/2011)...

     DON'T QUIT 'CAUSE     
  THEY'LL GET YOU BACK 
                - or -                
  THEY GOT YOUR BACK   
      UNTIL YOU QUIT      

Our crime was that we trusted them, we believed them, and on top of all that we loved them. All the while, we only ask after having left ntcc that ntcc comes clean about the abusive and neglectful social practices and behaviors that they have secretly under the radar gotten away with. No paper trail, no video trail, and no trail of evidence save for the astounding number of people who witness and experienced first hand the abusive rules they (ntcc) decry as never happening or are un-willing to acknowledge in the face of all these witnesses.

"Fear, Frustration & Facing Pastor" - by Rev. Briggs (originally posted 10/25/2010)...

Money & Numbers

Wow. Great article Pastor Briggs (RIP).

Very dramatic and emotional read; good writing. Many can relate to the tension that may fill the air when Senior Pastor Davis is in a room.

PROMISES & LIES for PIONEERS & MISSIONARIES (originally posted 10/19/2010)...

   For the work of the Lord   

TRANSCRIPT:

February 5, 1997

Letter of Dispatch

Letter of Support

Re: G.T. Shunk

508-1 Sang Yon Dong

P.O. Box 19

Tongduchun

Republic Of Korea

To Whom concerned,

This is to certify that Rev. G.T. Shunk is an ordained minister in good standing with the New Testament Christian Churches of America, Inc. This is to further certify that Rev. G.T. Shunk has been granted an appointment to Korea that he may serve as a Pastor and spiritual director of U.S. servicemen.

Senior Pastor Kekel at a French-kissin' dog-show w/RWD's Daughter, RWD's Grandson, Lesbians & his Bluegrass Confession (originally posted 10/11/2010) #parenting...

& Ears!
Eeeeeeek!
Dogs &
Kisses &
Women,
OH MY!

Anonymous wrote (in a comment over on Don and Ange's Blog)..."you missed part of that article about the dog show; where the lesbians were kissing the dogs, french style? Don might like to comment on that kind of thing, homosexuality that is. And what is the age difference between Greg and Debbie?" HINT: It's not 10 years & we were both in our 30's when we started in 1994. But, 37(F) - 34(M) = 3 years difference. Good question. What was the age difference between Mike & Tanya in 1981? HINT: 24(M) - 14(F) = 10 years difference (with underage bonus). If you're going to play gotcha you should research first. Come prepared. Here's the link to the referenced article (on Don and Ange's Blog) with Exer comments bonus.

The_WHIRLWIND in Holy Spirit Power (originally posted 10/2/2010) #gossip...

Get out the way! I's on a mission from God! (FACTNet 2004) The_WHIRLWIND (69.29.212.77) Posted on Wednesday, June 02, 2004 - 6:22 pm: JOB 38:1-3 “Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said; Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man: for I will demand of thee and answer thou me.” HOLD YOUR FIRE EVERYONE!

It's always Conference time again & point proved (originally posted 9/10/2010 )...

Say   AMEN !  Somebody 
Somebody  say   AMEN !

NTCC of America, Inc.'s

Conference Schedule:

Since Spring Conference 2004 to Spring Conference 2014, 55% of Conferences have been held at the Campground, and haven't been mandatory since the 'Fall' of 2006. Oops, the cult-of-flip-flops now has one mandatory Conference per year. When the truth effects their "bottom line," and/or causes too much hemorrhaging, and the routine inevitable panic grips them, Conference shifts to Graham (or Phoenix), or goes regional, and becomes mandatory again. Local church visits, from NTCC's leadership, are also used to put out the frequent fires.

The SINNER-NET & introduces NTCC-TV (originally posted 8/19/2010)…

Preparing Youth
with Truth
in Holy Spirit Power

This post is moot since internet use isn't a sin anymore. But, a trip down memory lane is always fun. Plus most posts, like this one, have great comments.

Non-NTCC Sites:

• Tracy's Blog is gone again as of June 2010…

• NTCC's Wikipedia article is finally gone, as of March 2010 (back up 22 June 2010 after support documents were submitted to & approved by Wikipedia)…

• ntccXposed is finally gone, as of July 2010...