Who Needs Life Insurance? In Memory Of Robert A. Briggs

[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart. Ecc 7:2 

It looks like many of the old timers in the ntcc are starting to age; and along with old age comes a whole slew of health problems, some of which can be terminal.  Back in the 80's and 90's most ntcc ministers were pretty young; and it seemed like there wasn't much to worry about in those days.  How many times did we hear the words, "Who needs life insurance?" followed by "We have life assurance!" and every one shouted "Amen"!  Back in those days Life Insurance was preached against.  So much was said about laying up your treasure in heaven and God taking care of us that very few ever prepared for the future, for their wives or their families.

Well, it turns out that nobody is exempt from sickness and as more and more ntcc'rs get old we are finding out that ntcc'rs are just as susceptible to death as the rest of us.  Now there may be differences in opinion as to who is ready to die and who is not, but in spite of everything preached and all of the bold statements about "the rest of the world" we are finding out that sickness and death is no respecter of persons.

There is a culture in the ntcc that is almost unheard of in many other churches and society in general.  This is how things work in the ntcc.  A man marries a woman, or young girl.  The man is the provider and works, while the woman takes care of the man.  In the old days the man would get a vasectomy because they were told that children hinder the work of the Lord.  This policy didn't go over very well and a few years later men started getting tired of shooting blanks, so they got their vasectomies reversed.  Many were rebellious and had "filthy evil children" anyway.  Now we have families in the ntcc that need to be provided for.  We will come back to this explanation of how things work in the ntcc in just a moment.

I don't know how to say this without being really blunt or offending anyone; but it needs to be said so others can learn.  People in the ntcc are starting to die off and they have made very little preparation for their wives and children.  In all of their preparation for heaven and trying to live up to all of the ntcc standards and jump through all of the ntcc hoops, they are leaving their families without much of anything.  Why is this alarming?  Because the same preachers that will take up offerings to buy Rolex watches for a multimillionaire real estate tycoon will not set aside a few bucks a week to insure their families are provided for if anything happens to them.  This is sick behavior; and it has nothing to do with God.  If you really think that it is more important to take up an offering purchase a watch, gun, knife, Cadillac or anything for a  multimillionaire than it is to provide for your family there is something wrong with your relationship with God.

This brings us back to the previous paragraph.  How things work in the ntcc.  The man gets sick, has no health or life insurance, and dies.  The widow hasn't had a job in decades and has children to provide for.  What happens next is even more sick.  The woman is usually left with very little and must get a job.  Finding a job that doesn't interfere with the ntcc schedule is hard enough if you are a skilled laborer with years of experience, but for a glorified house wife with no job history it is much harder.  The widow has no credentials and is left in a desperate situation.  The widow is now very vulnerable and becomes desperate to provide for her children.

The ntcc recycle center is now open for business.  There are only two choices when it's all said and done.  Remarry or leave ntcc, which we all know is, according to the ntcc, akin to leaving God.   You may ask, "What kind of sick person would put a Christian sister in that kind of position?"   The ntcc does this and thinks nothing of it.  What is even more sad about this whole thing is that the woman will marry another preacher and go through this whole cycle again.  In many cases the man is less established and financially secure than the one he is replacing.

We are not directing this to any individual; and if you are in this situation we feel bad for you and wish you didn't go through it.  But this stuff has been covered on the blogs so many times that it would be hard to count.  Many have ignored Chief, and GS/DS and many others that have breached this topic.  Greg was very concerned about his wife's future to the extent that he expressed his concerns to the borg leadership and got nowhere but blacklisted and mocked.  That is nothing but foolishness.  How can you watch as RWD, Kekel and their close family and friends get richer and richer while your family's basic needs go unmet?

You don't need to give another dime to world missions, or to some overseer that stops by in an expensive recreational vehicle on an all expense paid vacation across the country to blast you and your congregation for not giving enough for the lost and dying souls.  You are stupid if you give in an offering for a multimillionaire real estate tycoon.  Why would such a person need your money to purchase a rolex watch?  How blind can you be?  You are a bunch of suckers and it makes me mad, because I was just like you at one time.  Do you think on the day of judgement that God is really going to say, "Well done my good and faithful servant, you bought a rich pharisee named R-dub a Rolex watch, while your family had to settle for kook store wardrobes and was left nothing when you died"?  You shouldn't send another dime to Graham until you take care of your family.

Family is more important than a filthy rich church leader.  The Bible does not say "He who provideth not for the ntcc preacher is worse than an infidel".  Wake up and get your priorities straight.  Take care of the ones that really matter in your life, then in good conscience you can give freely and willfully to God.

 R. Briggs 

This blog post was written a few weeks ago but we decided to hold off on posting it.  Today we found out that Pastor Briggs passed away and we feel the need to share this information with anyone that will listen.  When we first started blogging we got into a major confrontation on Chief's blog with Rev. Briggs and we disagreed on quite many issues.  One thing I will say is that Rev. Briggs did show concern for many of the complaints we had of corruption in the ntcc and even admitted that there were things that were not right.  He was one of the few that actually had dialogue with X-members of the ntcc and was not afraid to publicly post his opinions.

I have to say that in spite of all of our differences we are saddened by the passing of Rev. R.A. Briggs.  It makes me sick that the last weeks and months of his life were consumed with the uncertainty of how his family would be provided for.  What does 25+ years in the ntcc get you?  Your loved ones are reduced to having to organize sporting events with other churches to raise a few hundred bucks so that the surviving family could have a few bucks to move to St. Louis or Graham.   You leave this world with no assurance that your family is going to be taken care of.  You pay tithe and give in offerings for decades while sending scores of tithe payers off to bible school.  You sacrifice everything to include health and life insurance to please the filthy rich ring leaders of your church organization and they give nothing in return for the decades of faithful service you have given them.  Meanwhile they live in complete luxury, lacking nothing.  This is your ntcc and you can have it.  But you don't have to live like that.  Won't you lay these things to your heart and make a change before it is too late for you and your family?