I don't think I've beaten this horse enough. The NTCC really misses it when they require that women in the NTCC not work on a job.

Thread #14 I posted this on FACTNet almost a year ago and I think this is a very important subject to hammer home. I always talk about NTCC's double standards because it is near and dear to my heart. I can't stand someone who preaches one thing but practices something totally different. I also have a serious problem with someone who knowingly preaches something that is Biblically incorrect. I ask that we please stay on subject with this one.

I do see the benefit in a woman staying at home with young children that aren't school age. I also see the benefit in the Father or Mother being at home when their children are at home. I personally believe one of the biggest breakdown's in our society is the lack of parenting altogether due to both parents working and rarely being around to raise the children. With that being said there are ways for both parents to work while not sacrificing the time needed for proper child rearing. I have thrown a little humor in this message but please look past the humor and notice the true validity in the statements made.

For all of you who do not know "keepers at home" is ONE word in the greek language; "oikourgos." Greek manuscripts were prominently used to translate the New Testament into English which was the case with "keepers at home" and it was originally one word and not the three that we see in the KJV. To understand the true meaning of the three words; "keepers at home," you must look up the one Greek word "oikourgos," because that is the word that keepers at home was translated from. That one word then meant and still means to be "domestically inclined" or "a good house keeper" or "taking care of household affairs" or "domestic." I used several different references to look up the definition and they all paralleled each other. The word "oikourgos" DOES NOT MEAN nor can it be implied or interpreted to mean, that a woman can not have a job or leave her house. The Bible can not be subjected to any private interpretation and the facts that I've written can not be disputed. RWD and his ministers have given that scripture there own private interpretation for their own private reasons and they are WRONG.

NTCC pastors teach that women should not work on a job; PEROID. NTCC pastors wrongfully try to support this teaching by inaccurately interpreting the scripture that speaks of woman being "keepers at home" which can be found by looking at Titus 2:4-5. Being "keepers at home" once again does not under any circumstances mean that a woman can not have a job that pays her money for her time invested, or she will go to hell along with her husband because he allowed her to do it. It doesn't mean she is wrong if she works on a job either. Read Proverbs Chapter 31 because it definitely stated clearly that it is good for a woman to work on a job and help her husband. You can't pick and choose when the Old Testament is applicable, you bunch of hypocrites that know the truth.

Here's where the true NTCC double standard exists concerning this topic. So if keepers at home means that a woman must be a stayer at home as I've heard some NTCC pastors say, or a woman can not have a job, why doesn't the scripture read:

1 NTCC 1:1 women need to be keepers at home unless they are Tanya Kekel and teach at the NTCC bible college.
1 NTCC 1:2 women need to be keepers at home unless they clean Tanya Kekels home for chump change or nothing at all.
1 NTCC 1:3 women need to be keepers at home unless they clean and maintain Davis's house.
1 NTCC 1:4 women need to be keepers at home unless they get paid to baby sit an NTCC sisters kids so that she can leave her home to go soul winning, “and not be a keeper at home” to bring in more people to the NTCC which will bring in more money for the NTCC so they will be able to teach more women how to be keepers at home.
1 NTCC 1:5 women need to be keepers at home unless their local pastor appoints them as the supply picker upper for the local NTCC church which allows the pastors wife to be a keeper at home when she is not away from the home shopping for herself.
1 NTCC 1:6 women need to be keepers at home unless they are sent to pick up women that want to come to the local NTCC church service to learn about being a keeper at home.
1 NTCC 1:7 women should be keepers at home unless they work in the OFFICE at the NTCS like Olson's wife used to or teach like Ashmore's wife used to when her last name was Duran.

1 NTCC 1:8 women should be keepers unless the local pastor makes an exception to the rule and seeks approval from Graham so the NTCC leadership can pray to the Lord and ask God to change his mind about a woman being a "keeper at home" because the church is running low on money.

1 NTCC 1:9 women should be keepers at home unless they spend so much time shopping and away from the home like Tanya Kekel, that they wouldn't have time for a job even if they wanted one because it would interfere with their shopping time away from the home.

1 NTCC 1:10 women should be keepers at home except for the extensive amount of time spent in church, or at soul winning meetings, or at choir practice. or teaching Sunday School, or at Sunday School meetings, or at women's Bible study, or cleaning up the church or anything else that NTCC leaders figures out for a woman to do other than being a keeper at home.

You see current NTCC pastors and wife’s; this IS a double standard that it is taught that woman should not work at a paid job, but they can do everything under the sun for the local church and church members and church elders and sometimes for pay and go shopping constantly. You can't have it both ways and not be a hypocrite with double standards. You can't make the scripture suit you under some situations but not others. I know why they don't want women to work. Because it makes these men feel that they have lost control and it gives their members a financial stability that the leadership recognizes can also result in a loss of control. It is more important to the leadership to have control over these women for their needs such as cleaning or baby sitting or teaching in the BS or working in the BS office. This way more people can go soul winning and more people can go to their BS because a sister can baby sit for PAY and not be a keeper at home. They say those activities outside the home are alright but forget about a real job. Can you spell DOUBLE STANDARD?

Also why do some pastors try to make an exception to this rule when it financially benefits their church? Click on the link below and you will read a good example on an NTCC pastor who made an exception to the rule and claimed that he had the approval from Graham. This was what was written and you can also click on the link to read the whole story.

Truly Free wrote... All of a sudden the local pastor said that he contacted Graham and the NTCC leadership had decided to make an exception to the rule for her to work. When my time to relocate for the military came, I was asked by the NTCC pastor, to leave my wife behind for 2 YEARS to continue to work and pay the TITHE and OFFERING while doing Sunday school. The pastor’s wife didn't like teaching in the Sunday school so at all costs the pastor attempted to always have someone else in that position, even if it meant separating me and my wife for 2 years. Of course he needed the extra tithe money from my wife’s income because the church was going through financial difficulties having recently lost many tithe paying church members.

http://truestoriesoflifeinthentcc.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-true-testimony-horror-story.html

Jeff Collins