In the previous thread Bro Johnson asked...
Once again I am wondering why Conference is being held in Graham.
Jeff said...
Because they are making a push to promote life in Graham and promote the seminary. Tours and information packets for potential students? What? What? What? That says it all right there. Because it will save you money with an asterisk next to it? Look at Pastor Kekels website and pay attention to the little asterisk next to "saving money". It's like a little sneaky used car add where they say "reliable cars with a asterisk" and then next to the asterisk, "AS IS NO WARRANTY". Save who money? The people who live there? Here is what the asterisk points you to: "Lodging arrangements are the responsibility of attendees; information about local hotel accommodations will be available on request"
How in the world is that going to save you money? The people who live in Graham will save money.
Boy, Brother Johnson really hit on something with this one. Workshops, (hence the little picture) tours of the Graham compound and a chance to visit the church in Graham hey? How come Jesus wasn't mentioned under the what and why? Because it's not about Jesus which I've been saying all along. What a complete, brainwashing, mind molding, money making, push to more further indoctrinate the unsuspecting. Because it's going to be awesome?
If I were there, the one awesome part would be the medicine prescribed to stop me from perpetually throwing up. Boy the light becomes brighter every day. Once I think I've seen it all yet another surprise from the NTCC leadership. This conference is no more than a push to bring more people up to Graham Washington and I'm not just talking about seminary (I mean cemetery) either. They want people to think that Graham is just the greatest place on earth, so much so that the people will move there because here is the deal.
If the old cemetery don't work out, now these folks live in Graham where they can be controlled and more effectively brainwashed. That is exactly why the NTCC leadership always tries to bring ministers back to Graham. To try and regain control of their mind. Because the NTCC knows that if they leave Graham or don't come back to Graham, they will likely leave the NTCC altogether. This is no more than a ploy to get people to Graham and to get them to think that the NTCC is such a great organization.
It's also a chance to put more money back into the Graham community when people move there. You see when someone pays tithes or makes offerings in Graham, the NTCC leadership has leverage of all of it, not just the percentage that the pastors send from other states. The NTCC must keep a reasonable population present at Graham because population means revenue. RWD houses keep tenets. $ The dorm stays full. $ Classes are taught to more students which means more money coming in from each class. $ More people work for the NTCC guys who have businesses which means more money is being made and more tithes are paid. $ If you rent one of RWDs houses, pay tuition, pay tithes, give offerings, make pledges, drive your car to pick people up for church which burns your gas and puts miles on your car, then buddy every dime you make ultimately winds up back into the NTCC. Yeah I know you keep a little chump change, but it doesn't compare to the money that you put back into the NTCC when you live in Graham while renting one of RWDs houses while you are attending cemetery otherwise know as the school of rules.
Long story short: This conference is no more than a big propaganda push to get people to Graham and if you can't see that you are blind as a bat.
Jeff
Pastor Kekel wrote on the bottom of his blog that people have the right to copy anything they want from his blog. If he really means it, that is a step in the right direction. If you don't feel you are writing anything wrong than what is there to hide? Trying to hide information is a classic cult practice. Just imagine Peter, Paul, John and James forbidding people to make copies of their material. There'd be no Bibles. If your really believe that what you are writing is good news, what difference should it make if someone copies it? Whether or not is really is good news is a whole different matter but if your intent is right concerning what you write, who cares if someone copies it.
