1993 Rape At The Lodge: Kekel Grabbed Me In Front Of Olson, Davis, and Ashmore

In the previous two posts, Julie alleged that Michael C. Kekel, the NTCC CEO, raped her at his house on the seminary campus in 1990 (read more), and at the campground in Missouri in 1992 when she was 18 (read more). In this post Julie alleges that Kekel grabbed her in front of three other NTCC Executive Board Members, none of whom questioned what he was doing. She then describes his alleged rape and sexual interactions with her, that he reportedly tried to justify by twisting scripture.

I escaped Kekel for a while since I lived in Texas but he wasn’t done with me, I hate to say. A year later he got me in another conference. I left my son in the hotel with a lot of children. He was crying I begged to stay with him I didn’t want to leave my little boy but no I had to go I had no say in life. I had no choice. I find out when I arrive Kekel wants to see me after the sevice. I wondered if it was sex, another spanking, or maybe he found out I have been complaining about the group I hate attending the services. I hate who I was. Maybe he has heard all that.  Then a puzzling thought crosses my mind. Why Kekel and not Davis? I knew then it has to be for sex. I couldn’t tell no one because all they would do is run to the leaders which only made it worse. Why did some people get in trouble for having sex outside of marriage but for some it was okay.  I was told to tell no one including my husband. I didn’t think he would believe ne anyway. Kekel told me this was God’s will but sometimes people don’t understand God’s will so we must keep things quiet. I knew Kekel would give some explanation to explain away what happens why he needs to speak to me if he was questioned.  I noticed all the leaders always had some explanation when questioned about anything. I was sick to my stomach as I try to make it through service. I want to disappear. I went to the bathroom before heading out to the Lodge. Why does he want me? He says I am nasty, ugly, retarded, a burden, and shouldn’t be live. Then I think maybe he is trying to make me worth the air I breathe. One might say if he is so mean to you how you can think he is trying to make you worth like he cared. Well my idea of care was pretty messed up.

Two or Three Witnesses - Monkeying Around

NTCC Executive Board Members Ashmore, Davis, and Olson Don't Question Kekel When Mike Allegedly Grabbed Julie For Yet Another Rape and Sex Session

I make it to the Lodge. I was so overwhelmed that I didn’t pay any attention to who was around except that Kekel was talking to Olson, Davis, and Ashmore. I thought okay all four was to yell at me. This is going to be an insult session but no not this time. Kekel grabbed me. None of other men questioned what he was doing. I closed my eyes I don’t want to see anything. I am scared. I didn’t want to see him I didn’t want to remember. I keep my eyes closed as I undress at his command. He tells me to get on all four I stumble through this then he wants more. He starts doing other things to me I try to stop him I didn’t want it from him. He finally says I am feeling generous you have a chose you can either have me enter you or you can mouth me all the way. I said I am done I want to go. He chuckled you know it will be one or the other. I decided intercourse was better than the other. 

Under My Thumb by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones Under My Thumb Lyric Video on YouTube


DNA Say, we can just picture Kekel zipping up after this rape and sex session with Julie, gleefully singing this tune as he prepares to regale the Executive Board Members with the ribald details of his once again dominating Julie. Unlike Mick Jagger, who sings this song about dominating a woman who once had him down, Mike Kekel and the other NTCC Board Members have held all the power all along and kept Julie under their thumbs from the way she walks and how she talks when she's spoken to... The song is very fitting in that light.  So before all you sanctimonious religious hypocrites choke on a gnat and swallow a camel, ask yourself what is truly evil?  Are we evil for sharing a song that succinctly describes the NTCC mindset against women?  Or are these NTCC leaders who rape and oppress women and children the worst kind of evil in the world?  You decide.

I think this must be okay for surely someone would have heard us and come in by now. If this is okay why I do feel dirty why do I feel this is bad? I am so horrible why someone doesn’t just kill me.  I am married he is married. Why does he tell me God gave me unto him and this is well pleasing unto God? I wasn’t to tell anyone for sexual things were not to be spoke of. He said it is only supposed to be between two people. I ask him if it is supposed to be a secret between two people than why he asks about my sex with others. He says God has put him into a position where he is supposed to be allowed to know everything about everyone. He throws random scriptures at me confusing me into believing he was right.

He leaves me alone until I moved back to Washington to continue stupid pill school or as I use to call it as a child “The Cemetery”.

to be continued

Were these Executive Board Members acting together to oppress Julie, treating her as a sex slave they could call for at will? Is this why they moved Julie back to Washington - so they could all have 'easy access' to her? Where could she go for help? With limited education, no exposure to T.V., the internet, or any sense of how the world operated, to whom could she speak? Could she tell the husband whom the NTCC had hand-picked for her in an arranged marriage that took place when she was only 16 years old? Trained her whole life to think that she was "stupid" "dumb" a "retard" or even "mentally insane" (as if there is another kind?) *sigh*. In constant pain from Cerebral Palsy, with limited mobility and no education, how could she possibly get free? These Executive Board Members held all the power and abused it to make her a sex slave, moving her about the country both at and for their pleasure. It is sickening. It is, in our opinion, human sex trafficking.

UPDATE:

Susie said,

I want to share what happened to me. I have been reading what is on the blog. Julie’s story have really got my attention. I know Julie from way back. I babysat her when she was about 11 or 12 years old. I decided to try to contact her. We chatted online for a while; I asked for her number she gave it to me. I asked if she would mind if I called right then she said no. I was surprised. Let me explain why this surprised me.

I called her. I talked to her for a few minutes. I then asked if she remembered any particular times in which I babysat her. She said yes. I was reading online how she was offering forgives to those that saw things but didn’t save her from the abuse. This is what led me to contact her. One day she was over my house I thought she had did a particular thing I got upset didn’t fully check things out. I told she was going to get a spanking. I told her to wait in the other room. I grabbed a wooden spoon. I ended up spanking but I did not beat her none the less I humiliated her in front of the other kids punishing her for something that I had never verified she had done. It was pretty common to spank other people’s kids. I let my teaching cause me to pretty mean that day.
I asked her on the phone if she remembered that day she said she did. I said why did you agreed to talk to me? She said when I contacted her online God spoke to her heart. We talked of that day. I told her that hurt my heart for a long time what I did to her. I asked if she could find it in her heart to forgive me. She said with such compassion in her voice YES! She continued talking with love in words she shared. I thought if she can show this much love and compassion just maybe there is still hope between me and God. She then asked if I would like her to pray for me. I agreed. She prayed so simple yet there was power in her prayer. She prayed as if she talked to God often. I felt the ache of my heart leave and peace come to me. As she ended the prayer she began to sing to God from deep within and with such heart.
During our conversation she told me to hold on for a moment a few times. I finally asked her if her daughter was up. She said no. I said why did you told me to wait a moment several times? She said oh I am just having a lot of pain sometimes it hits peek points I have to grit my teeth and take deep breaths to get through those moments. She said sorry it must be annoying on your end for me to say just a moment so much. I went oh no you are fine. I thought God she has compassion, love, forgiveness, and care in the middle of her difficults how can I ever complain about my troubles.

Don and Ange I noticed you claim her as a sister. I hope that you realize you have a treasure and a blessing from God with that girl in your lives. She is an angel sent from above in human form with such a humble heart filled with love and compassion. Please always defend and protect her from people that might want to speak against her or use what she says to say hurtful things about her. She so deserves protection after all she has been through no matter how strong she gets.
Growing –up Julie step in to defend and protect many, suffering the pain on others behalves it is nice to finally see someone care about her now.
Anyone that would ever want to say she is out for attention, pity, selfishness, or looking to take center-stage needs to stop look at her comments and her life it shows that those words do not show the character of Julie.

I am not much for writing online but I just wanted to stop in and share this about the one you claim as family and make sure you know what God has given you.

Thanks, Susie, for your comment. We are learning every day what a treasure Julie is; we too learn from her so many things about Christianity in practice:  love, joy, peace, loyalty, giving, humility and compassion - to name a few.  Our relationship with her has developed into what she has dubbed our "friend-familyship" with God in the center of it.  It doesn't get any better than that.   :o)

Anonymous said...Julie I just you to want I read what you shared about grace. As I have read how you have offered forgive to the lady that wronged you; it made me wanted to have a relationship with God like you. I have been away from God for so long I wasn't sure God wanted but you made him so real so simple. You made the love of God more real than anyone I know. I am walking with God now. Thank you for caring about all of us out here. Today God is with me again.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 7:16:00 PM

DNA say,

This comment makes us so happy! Thank you God for each one who comes back to you. Yay Jesus!!

This just came in from another lady; she recently left the NTCC:

Allie said,

I too want to share the heart of Julie. I contacted her as I planned to leave NTCC except for letting her know we had made it out I haven’t really talked much to her. I contacted her the other day not knowing who else to ask to pray for me. I told her things were tight and I really needed to figure some food until pay day. I asked if she would pray. She prayed including saying God direct someone to help this family out. We ended our conversation that morning.
That evening she contacted me. She told me to look in my in-box of my e-mail she had sent me a message. I went there and found a gift card for my local grocery store. I started crying. I said wait you can’t afford this and didn’t you pray for God to direct someone to help me. She said well sometimes God just wants me to pray for someone sometimes God wants me to act. She said God wanted me to act in this one. She told me she trade with someone a few gift codes for this gift card. God had come through. It was so hard to receive but Julie shared something that really helped me.
Julie said NTCC has taught give give give but never receiving. I said what about the scripture it is more blessed to give then receive. She said okay let’s look at this. She said so if God only wants us to give even speaks of us taking care of those close to us in the family of God. Who does he want us to give to the cows the horses or maybe it is the little piggies. She said to give someone has got to receive. She said God doesn’t give to just one person and if he is our example why would he want us to only give to one person. She said God has a big job in shedding our NTCC way of thinking. It is easy to worry in receiving we may seem greedy or get into the receiving like the leaders but just the fact we are concerned about this, God shows us this proves we would never be as the leaders for our hearts are not into taking from others. Sometimes God will really pour blessings on someone to prove to them how much he loves to give to his children and shed the fear that they will appear as NTCC leaders. She said Just like friendship giving and receiving is a two-way street just understand your giving may not appear as what you receiving because each one has different ways to give and each one has different needs to receive. She said I pray to see what God would have me do in each person’s life. She said if I give when he wouldn’t have me give; a few things can happen one I might lack, two I might not have what is needed for who God would have me give to, and three I might rob someone else the blessing of giving to this person.
I am so blown away with the wisdom Julie has learned. I know she has had to get over NTCC thinking and like she said there are still many things she still has NTCC thinking in but God is patiently working and directing her life.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014 11:20:00 AM

Anonymous said...
So I got out at a good time before my kids where at point where they could be abused? Thank you for sharing I am now at peace with what I decided.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 12:20:00 PM

Your Voice Saved Our Lives said...

The guts you have Julie to stand up and say I am not going to idly stand by at the risk of another victim. My wife and I got to the bible school about a little over a year ago we were not at peace being there small things we noticed just bothered us. The leaders here are forever wanting alone time with the ladies.

My wife is one of the ladies that cleaned for Tanya and some of the other ladies as well. She told me one day that M. Kekel was in the house and asked to speak with her alone. My wife knew she was to obey the Man of God but her gut just didn't set right. She finally stammered out sir I will gladly speak to you but I would like to wait until my husband is present. My other pastor told me it is not good to be alone with a man including the Man of God. M. Kekel didn't seem happy and told her she could go home. Nothing more was said and she was not allow back to clean. We couldn't figure out what that was all about since nothing happened and not much was said.

We have recently left due to Julie being willing to share the adult sex stuff with us all. Thank you Julie! And I know you would want the Lord to be thanked too so Thank you Lord for watching over my family in letting us know we needed to get out of there.

My children are saved from that pain.

Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:46:00 PM

DNA say,

Good job Anonymous!  God delivered you and you children!  Awesome!

Anonymous said...
Thank you Julie for sharing Jesus. I came to the God in you now I have him in my heart too. My husband who was never in the group witnessed the changed in me wanted to know after walking away from that group how I could want God im my life? I shared what I read on the blog. I said this girl Julie showed me the real Jesus it made me want him like her. My husband asked Jesus into his heart. Some of my friends are noticing I am different I have been able to share with them about Jesus in me.Julie you point Jesus you dont make yourself the center of attention when I look at you Jesus shines so brightly in you that is all I see. Thank you God for showing me Jesus through a broken crippled girl willing to carrying Jesus to the world. Thanks to all that keep this going
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 5:25:00 PM

Anonymous said...
i am extremely grieved at NTCC violating Julie's and other the ladies civil rights . i have interviewed many clients who where sexually abused or raped, and her story sounds just like theirs. julie's account doesn't sound coached ,coerced or attention getting.

Friday, April 18, 2014 9:45:00 PM

Loving God said...
My heart is so grieved by what I am reading about your life. I have got out and I have my family. In fact we are having a big family Easter get together. I have been able to put it all behind me but I didn't suffer what you suffered. I hope somehow you can have peace at this time in your life knowing that Christ died for you and rose again that you can have liberty in him.
I have never experienced your life so I will not even pretend to know how you feel or should feel. I just hope you know God loves you right now. He feels your struggles and pain you have today. I know you live for God but I also know with pain some days it can feel like the depression overcomes you. My prayers are with you.
Saturday, April 19, 2014 11:23:00 AM

Anonymous said...
So you are the girl that Rev. Kekel has been speaking about. He has been saying some ugly things about you.
[...]
I too would have never heard of you or known to look on this blog had he not spent so much time speaking against you.

With everything that has happened to you, having no family, and what you deal with now in all this, it has got to be hard being you.
I left NTCC yesterday because you cared enough to speak out about the truth. I pray for you and hope you keep speaking until all hear what has happened in this place people call a church organization.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 2:10:00 PM

Anonymous said...I too heard Rev kekel speak horribly of Julie. It was thr worse I have even heard. My wife and I left the bible school to hear a lady spoke of in such a nasty manner we were shocked. This shoudnt have happened.

Friday, April 18, 2014 1:39:00 PM

Sam said...
This will be our first weekend away from NTCC. We have struggled yet enjoyed this week. My wife has seen me at the dinner table more then she has in a few years. Before it was work then the work of God always having to heat up my dinner after church or soul-winning. It is different eating so early. Don and Ange you probably think ill of us for now we want to just read and pray at home together not go to church. We just want us and God. We been doing this all week long and it has been incredible and a blessing to our souls.
Julie thank you! You gave me the wake-up call my wife had been praying to God about. My wife has walking with God not willing to be like other pastor's wives she has seen even been called out for it. I was so blind I thought she was wrong but now I realize when she keep saying this place isn't follow God she spoke the truth.

Saturday, April 19, 2014 8:09:00 AM

Dear Sam and Fam,

We are so happy for you to have made "The Great Escape"!!!  We certainly DO NOT  think ill  of you for wanting to  just read and pray at home together. 
One thing we know, the church is Christ's body.  He said,

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. - Mat 18:20 KJV

And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all [men] unto me. - Jhn 12:32 KJV

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. - Mat 16:18 KJV

When you gather in His name, He is there.  When He is lifted up, He draws all to Himself.  He WILL build HIS CHURCH.  The gates of hell will not prevail.

People have a saying that we love, "BE THE CHURCH".  We love it because it puts the focus back on Christ. We are to be members of His body (which is the church:

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. - 1 Cor 12:27 KJV

We are His body, His members like the hands that reach out to the homeless, the heart that breaks for the abused, the voice that shares what He has done for us, how that by His stripes we are healed (1 Peter 2:24 here, Isa 53:5 here).

When leaving a controlling cult like ntcc, it is a good idea to take time and enjoy your RELATIONSHIP with Christ.  When looking at other churches, pray so that you do not allow the false ntcc doctrine to cause you to be too critical.  Visit different groups and look for people who live like the Bible example set forth by Christ.  Do the leaders serve other people?  Is there unconditional love that abides even when people are sinning?  Is the church a place of healing?  Are there controls? Or is there the liberty found where there is the Spirit of Christ?

Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord [is], there [is] liberty. - 2Co 3:17 KJV

Be a fruit inspector. Don't be too quick to commit to only one group. Find out first what they are really like. Maintain your liberty in Christ to visit other churches.  Believe us, normal and healthy churches do not resent or fear that. They embrace working together with other churches and even have a name for it:  

Ecumenical:

ec·u·men·i·cal

  [ek-yoo-men-i-kuhl or, esp. British, ee-kyoo-]  

adjective

1.

general; universal.

2.

pertaining to the whole Christian church.

3.

promoting or fostering Christian unity throughout the world.

4.

of or pertaining to a movement (ecumenical movement)  especially among Protestant groups since the 1800s, aimed at achieving universal Christian unity and church union through international interdenominational organizations that cooperate on matters of mutual concern.

5.

inter-religious or interdenominational: an ecumenical marriage.

Love God first with all your heart, mind, strength. Love your neighbor as yourself.  The rest will follow.

Don't worry about what we or anyone else thinks.  Seek His face. Seek His approval. His is the vote that counts. :o)  And we get the sense that you have His approval, based on what you wrote:

We just want us and God. We been doing this all week long and it has been incredible and a blessing to our souls.

The Bible records:

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 - Rom 8:14 KJV

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

 - Rom 8:15 KJV

The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

 - Rom 8:16 KJV

Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

 - Rom 8:34 KJV

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God. 

- 1Jo 3:21 KJV

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
 - Gal 5:1 KJV

Don and Ange said...

If you've just left NTCC Lisa Norton said she will be praying especially for you to find your healing. We too will be praying for that and more.

Friday, April 18, 2014 9:07:00 PM

Julie said,
[...]
Thank you Jesus! Only God can work like this in people's lives. Know that you have many people praying for you so many.
Hugs,Julie
Saturday, April 19, 2014 8:19:00 AM

For those of you who haven't yet met Julie or don't know anything about her, we feel this next song / video perfectly portrays her god-heart, the following scriptures her life-prayer:

Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. - Psa 73:25 KJV

17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. - Hab 3:17-19 KJV

... weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning. - Psa 30:5 KJV [partial]

Yet Will I Sing by Audra Lynn Video Link

And while we love Julie as much as anyone, we want everyone to remember, it is Jesus Who died for us to set us free. He deserves all the praise and glory.  Love you Lord!

As the testimonies continue to pour in, we thank God for each person He delivers from sin. Thank You Jesus!

Related Posts:

Women and Children In Your NTCC - Click Here - A Series in Mobile Format

During Fall Conference 1992 Michael Kekel Raped Me At New Testament Christian Church National Campground Near Mexico, MO / Mark Twain Lake and Ralph St. Clair Raped Me At The Hotel

In the previous post, Julie Ridgeway alleged that kekel raped her at his "custom house" on the New Testament Christian Church Seminary Campus in 1990 when she was a 16 year-old teen bride in the NTCC [read more].  In this post she alleges that Michael C. Kekel raped her during a conference at the NTCC National Campground near Mexico, Missouri and that the man who raised her [her so-called 'father'], Ralph St. Clair, also raped her at the hotel during this same conference [fall 1992].  From her e-mail:


Subject:  some of the scrambled sexual dealings as an adult in NTCC

I am now going to share that the sexual abuse didn’t stop when I turned eighteen.

I got away from Kekel for a time living in San Antonio Texas. The next time he got a hold of me sickens me and makes me wonder how he pulled it off so openly. It was a conference on the campground. My son was only 4 months old. I was informed that Kekel wanted to see me in the Lodge. I was surprised he wanted to see me there since Grant who was 2 months old at this time, Tanya, and Kekel were staying in a motorhome on the campground. I didn’t want to go see him. I wanted to get back to my baby. I had to leave him in a motel room with many other children and was upset that I was being made to be away from him plus I was nursing him. I had to have him picked up. The evil wicked man was keeping me from my baby.

The Lodge where, Julie alleges, Mike Kekel
Raped Julie while Mike's wife Tanya and son
Grant stayed in a Recreational Vehicle that
was parked on the slab (lower right of pic).

 Close-Up Pic Google's View of The Lodge 
 Red Balloon Marks Slab For R.V. Parking. 
 Cursor Marks The Lodge Front Entrance. 
 Coordinates: 39°24'47.4"N 91°51'19.2"W
 View On Google: Close-Up or Whole Camp 

I got to the Lodge only a few leaders seem to be around if there were others they must have been in their rooms. Kekel took me to a room. I don’t know if it was his or not. He ordered me to be quiet since people were resting. If I had been raised right I would have known to scream at that moment but I knew nothing about protecting myself or what my rights were even. He had me have intercourse with him. He said Tanya wasn’t ready for sex yet and with the burdens he had to carry as a minister he needed relief. He went on to say God had spoken to him and said to call for me that he might have his needs met. Then he would be able to be a better leader to the people. He tried to French kissed but I wasn’t willing to return it so he told me I was going to do something really special for you but you just lost out. When I finally left the room there didn’t seem to be anyone around. Because of this disgusting creep my baby had to wait on me.

Nighttime insulting session (church) came and I didn’t want to go. I knew there was no choice so I went. Kekel greeted me so cheesily “God bless you Sis.Ridgeway so good to see you this conference.” I wanted to hide I felt so dirty yet I had to pretend all was okay that I was happy. I had to act in the service excited jumping with joy of the Lord. All that craziness. I can’t count the many times I would be hurt with all the stuff they would expect one to do in a service. Hello I had physical limitations. I lived in fear of being called to go to him again but he didn’t ask for me again that conference. Ralph did though.  Davis and Olson like clockwork had to insult me and put me down. I was stopping the ministry where I was at.  I felt like such trash. I was told as a child I was hurting Ralph’s ministry now I am hurting someone else ministry. Davis also told me that conference that he didn’t even know why I was born I was such a burden and all I did destroying the work of the Lord. Kekel was there when he said this and threw in his two-cents. Kekel said it would have been better that someone had aborted her retarded people like her don’t have a right to be around all they do is take up space they are a waste of time and money. I felt like the dumbest person on earth. I was so mixed up; was I wrong for not wanting sex with Kekel, was I wrong for not giving in to the kissing, was I wrong somehow? I have wondered all my life why I was born. It is an awful feeling to think I was mistake. I felt this my whole life even as an adult. I shouldn’t have been born.

He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother Video

I didn’t want Ralph and Joan having contact with my son but didn’t know how to fully stop it so when Ralph and Joan wanted time with him at conference the best I could do was make sure I was around as much as I possible could. One of the days at the conference I wasn’t feeling good I think now it was just the stress I was under. Donny had taken our son out for a little while and I laid to rest. Ralph and Joan were in the same motel. I was laying down when I got a knock on my door. I didn’t look out just opened it up. Ralph was standing there. He said I am coming to spend time in your room since Joan is resting. I said well I am resting too. He pushed his way in and said I know Donny told me he was going out so you could rest. I am now regretting wanting to rest and even more opening the door at all. Once again we had intercourse after he made me mouth him a little. I want to die. I want life to be over. My life is just one disgusting mess. No one will ever understand how I feel. No one will ever care. He left and I began to cry then I got mad at myself for the tears. I put myself back together as I think why does this have to happen. I didn’t know I had rights I didn’t know I could demand these men to leave me alone and that they had stop. I didn’t know they had no right to control me and force me to do anything.

to be continued

Can you see how it would impact a girl raised by sexual predators in the NTCC? Can you understand that her whole world revolved around NTCC, its rules, its people, and its CULTure? During this time the internet was called the sinnernet and was preached against. During this time the television was called the devilvision and preached against. During this time nobody did anything unless they first got permission from the NTCC 'leaders'. Can you see how that would isolate an abuse victim who had been raised in the NTCC and make it impossible for her to understand how wrong all of this was? These controls created and enforced by NTCC CULTivated this CULTure where sexual abuse thrived and victims suffered with no way out.

Update 4-9-2014

Anonymous said...

Thank you Julie for writing so much about your life. I left NTCC with my wife and children but have been struggling greatly. My family has missed our friends who say they won't have us confuse their children by having us in their lives. We must go back to NTCC to have our friends. I thought about going back thinking I was hurting my family by leaving. I began to pray God I need a clear answer what am as a leader of my family to do? I didn't know anything about this blog. Since we lived in a new area I went to look up the local NTCC church I ended up on this site. I read every article you have written and for the first time in years I felt the peace of God. Julie you truly have Jesus your responses scream it loud and clear. I am sorry what each of the women on this blog have gone through. I shared with my wife what I found and she began to cry said Thank you Lord for getting us out together and keeping us safe. I say even if there is only a handful of victims I would not want to risk my children becoming a part of the handful.

Julie God through you saved our family and now even our children are finally at peace making new Christians friends that have more caring than they could have imagined. You may have to repeat your articles to make sure all see them. I have daughters I would be angry if someone ever hurt them. My wife and I hate what you have gone through but we are forever grateful you like little David stood up and said I will face the giant.

Tuesday, April 08, 2014 2:55:00 PM

Julie said,

Anonymous said....

As I read the comments seeing lives effected for God by what is written I say it did happen but God is using it now for his glory.

For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Romans 11:36 [link]

God is truly at work and only He can change lives. All Glory belongs to Him. I love Jesus and I would never want to live without Him.

Hugs,

Julie
Wednesday, April 09, 2014 8:31:00 AM

Offerings In The Rain

UPDATE:

Anonymous said...

Oh this is what happened that day. I was around that day she was told Kekel wanted to see her at the Lodge. Her son was just an infant. I didn’t see or hear her called to go see him but after she had already gone I was asked to wait for her. I was to take her to the motel where her baby was when the meeting was over. What I am about to say it hard for me to even type.

Julie got out. She didn’t seem okay in fact seemed pretty shock up. She walk or more stumbled to my car. I said Sis. Ridgeway what is wrong what did you get in trouble for this time. I really didn’t know Julie at all but I had witnessed her being told before this day that one or more of the leaders wanted to speak to her. She got into the car she seemed in a daze. I had to help her get her seat belt on because she seemed unable to focus on the task at hand. What is wrong with this girl something isn’t right?

She starts rocking back and forth mumbling like she isn’t present at all. She said things like I don’t want to do this. I’m dumb stupid I’m yucky. I don’t like the bedrooms. Why must this happen? I want it to stop. It’s scary. She continued with I hate myself I hate myself. I am going to hell where I belong.

I called her by name finally getting her attention I asked her what was this meeting about it jars her. Now I wish I hadn’t jarred her in her daze she might have said more. She tells me it is a sin to tell and my baby needs me; she goes silent the rest of the car ride. The rocking continues and she began to do something strange. She began to wipe at her tongue like something was on it she couldn’t get off. Now I am thinking she was bothered by the French kissing.

We get to the motel her baby is crying his head off. She picks him up and the mother in her kicks in she started singing to him softly. He calms right down. For one that was so young and so hurt she was an amazing mother. We part ways at this point.

I am bothered by that day. I go to the night service and then fellowship. I decide to go talk to Kekel the next day to find out what was happening because I didn’t like seeing Julie this way. I told him the next day it was really important that I speak to him. He agrees to talk to me after the service. We check up with each other after the service. I told him of taking Julie to the motel after their meeting and that Julie didn’t seem okay. He immediately got an angry look on his face. He asked me if she said what the meeting was about I said no. He seems a little calmer. He asked me a bunch of questions. I answered.

Later that night Davis came and talked to me asking me what Julie said? He told me not to believe what comes out of her mouth only 1/10 of what she says is true. He said she is so dumb sometimes she doesn’t even remember her name. I thought is she mentally messed up is that what I witnessed it still bothered me that he said this of her. She was married yet I even got grilled by Ralph St. Clair too. I should have woke up right there but instead I starting believing Julie was the problem.

Ralph St. Clair must have gotten a hold of Julie the day after Kekel did because she was worse that night walking around in a daze not really talking with anyone. In the motel that night her son was a sleep at her feet in his car seat. Everyone was laughing and joking. There sat Julie looking distressed very scared, and so sad. I am so mad at myself for not reaching out. Maybe a hug would have let her know someone really cared.

Don and Ange thanks for having an enough faith to allow Julie to write on this blog. Even though you didn’t witness what happened to her personally I am glad you loved her enough to give her a voice. Finally someone standing up for her and trusting her. I hope your love and support doesn’t leave her no matter what. She needs beautiful Christian friends as you because she probably doesn’t have many true friends. She is lucky to have you so very lucky!

Friday, April 11, 2014 6:32:00 PM
We wanted people to see this comment in red by the person who gave Julie a ride from the Lodge back to the hotel where her son Thomas was waiting for her.

Related Posts:

Women and Children In NTCC - Here - A Series in Mobile Format

1990 Kekel Raped Me On The Seminary Campus for New Testament Christian Church In Graham, Washington

Following is an account e-mailed to us by Julie St. Clair Ridgeway. She explains how a life of abuse at home from the people who raised her in the NTCC, Ralph and Joan St. Clair, led to abuse from many other people in her life (read more). With no way of knowing what is normal other than what she was told or experienced, she had no way to defend herself from these attacks. After escaping NTCC and learning about life outside a cult, she began to understand what had happened to her. As a result she now alleges that the present NTCC CEO, Michael Craig Kekel, raped her in 1990 when she was 16 and newly wed to Donny Ridgeway. From Julie's e-mail:

 NTCC CEO M.C. 
 KEKEL - Accused 
 of Raping a Child 
 in 1990 at NTCS! 

As I take on the writing this part of my life I cringe wondering if I will just receive more judgment than understanding.  You have to know I have lived most of my life away from the other side world. It was a shock to me in 2013 when someone finally got me to understand that Ralph St.Clair having sex with me as a child was wrong and it wasn’t my fault. I believe the lies I was told that I made him fall for me. I was the evil slut. He was clean before God I was the dirty one is what I was told.

I am now going to share that the sexual abuse didn’t stop when I got married. It continued even while I was married. I hated it with a passion yet I had to pretend everything was okay but wasn’t okay. Every time I was alone my heart ached I hated it and I thought the whole world hated me too.

I am bawling just thinking and typing this so please bear with me.

 Picture of Google's Street View of the Entrance
 to the NTCC Bible School circa 1990.
 On the left was the Main Chapel used then
 "The Church Behind The Fence" (with globe).
 On the right, behind the reddish tree, is
 the house custom built for the kekels and
 where, Julie alleges, she was raped by
 Michael Craig Kekel - now NTCC's CEO.
 To View On Google Earth Click Here 

I lived in fear of the Graham campus on about every level. Certain buildings scared me more than others. I would start trembling inside at arrival upon the grounds. I knew I had to hold back my feelings for knew there would be a price to pay if I showed them. I learned this very well. In fact they had me believing they could spank me even in my adulthood. I was told men had all power and I must do whatever they said; I was never too old for them to spank me. Growing up in NTCC I had no opportunity to learn anything else.

Kekel who loved to spank me all through my childhood seem to be just waiting until I got married to have even worse dealings with me. The leaders’ wives would sometimes be the ones that picked me up to go to the Kekel’s house. It makes me wonder how much some of these wives knew yet said nothing.

 Kekels' Custom House as seen when leaving the campus.
 Though he has moved into other mansions, this "custom house"
 holds vivid memories of rape for Julie St. Clair Ridgeway. 

The first time after I was married. I was called told that Kekel wanted me to come to his house and do some cleaning. Some comments he had made before made me wonder if I was in trouble and going to get a spanking. I got dropped off. I walked to the door I was shaking so badly. Once he let me inside I realized really quickly no one else was home. As I stumbled all over my words I asked where his wife was at. He said she was gone for the day. I realized once again I was alone with a man. I was scared. I wanted to run. One of the thing I was taught if a girl ran in this situation God would sometimes send fire from heaven and cause burns on the girl’s body. I had a phobia of fire; I wasn’t sure if I wanted to find out if this was one of these times. Plus I wasn’t sure where to run, no one on that campus would help me since this was God’s Will for me.

He took a belt and started beating me. He told me to quickly get undressed. I was sixteen years old. I didn’t know what the news was at this time. I had never read the paper I had seen the comics before but knew nothing else about the paper. I had never watched the news on TV. I didn’t know about rape and abuse. What was happening was normal as it came for me? I thought I was sinning because I hated what was happening. One might ask how can you have not understood how wrong this was and how to stop it. It is like someone being locked away never seeing the modern things in life and someone expecting them to understand how everything works. I didn’t know what was right and wrong.  I just knew I was hurting really bad and no one seemed to care.

 I was called told that Kekel wanted me to come to his house and do some cleaning. ...
 He took a belt and started beating me. He told me to quickly get undressed. ...
 In the blur of the moment as I was undressing I didn’t realize he had unclothed as well.
 He told me to get on all four. I knew this was going to be a difficult  battle
 for with cerebral palsy I had a hard time holding that position.
 He said I heard from Ralph that having sex with you is some of the best.
 He put himself in me and as expected I couldn’t stay up and I crumbled to the floor.
 He began spanking me than finally told me to get in position again.  
 This happened 4 times before he actually came in me.
 I was in so much pain but I knew I had to keep from crying.
 He had me clean up and get dress. He told me to get dress
 than he gave me a few things to do around the house.

In the blur of the moment as I was undressing I didn’t realize he had unclothed as well. He told me to get on all four. I knew this was going to be a difficult battle for with cerebral palsy I had a hard time holding that position. He said I heard from Ralph that having sex with you is some of the best. He put himself in me and as expected I couldn’t stay up and I crumbled to the floor. He began spanking me than finally told me to get in position again. This happened 4 times before he actually came in me. I was in so much pain but I knew I had to keep from crying. He had me clean up and get dress. He told me to get dress than he gave me a few things to do around the house. He told me if I was ever sloppy with sex with him again I would pay dearly for it. I wasn’t sure what that would mean with Kekel. I only knew what this meant with Davis and others.

The next time with him I did learn what he was saying when he said I would pay dearly for it. Once again I was brought over by one of the leaders’ wives. There was a repeat of the last time. This time I started crying which I had for the most part been able to control for I had been taught to not have emotions. Happy was the only way I was allowed to be. I still to this day punish myself for having emotions. It is a struggle for me. This time he teased me and made me come half way than laughed told me to get up clean up and get dress. So I did as I was told. This was part of my punishment.

I was accused later of ruining Tanya’s tablecloth. I had not even been at the table the last time I was there.

I was dying inside. I wanted to tell someone what was happening but was so scared so I started telling people a tiny bit of what took place in my childhood. They all went to Davis about what I said. The next thing I knew I was in a board meeting which didn’t go well. Davis decided to send us back to San Antonio Texas. Kekel and Davis were so angry with me. They scared me so badly that I went into silence for years fearing there was no hope of anyone believing what was happening in my life. I thought I was unlovable. Everything always came with conditions. I was taught as a child I had to earn love and even then it was conditional.

to be continued

As you can see Julie was treated as a sex slave in the NTCC. Her difficult life involved much abuse as both a special needs person having Cerebral Palsy and as an under-educated girl subject to the whims of every adult pervert in her life. Limited in social contact by only being around other cult members, and without T.V. to educate herself, her whole world revolved around the NTCC and what they taught her. Without tools to protect herself, she was a target of opportunity for many predators, including her parents and church leaders who were in positions of trust and should have been protecting her instead of raping her. There was no way for her to know what was right or normal and what was wrong and abuse. The only thing she had was God's Spirit constantly getting quenched by the false doctrines of men and women of corrupt minds. It's a wonder and testament to God's grace that she survived, became a Christian, and is now championing the cause of others who may be living in the same dire straits as she did as a child in the NTCC.

What's our opinion of this? First of all, we believe Julie. Secondly, our prayer is that no other child will suffer this way. In light of this, we have published this post. Parents, please take heed and protect your children. The NTCC is not a safe environment.

Related Posts:

Women and Children In NTCC - Here - A Series in Mobile Format

Part 2 - Tour NTCC 5: Kekel's Mansions Inspired by "Quit Like a Man" Another Blathering Contribution from the Blackened Heart of Kekel to You

Revised and Updated 9-10-13.  New Photos, Videos, and Info.  :o)

This is Part 2 of Tour NTCC 5:  Kekel's Mansions:  Inspired by Kekel's Blathering.  It is continued from:

Part 1 - Tour NTCC 5: Kekel's Mansions Inspired by "Quit Like a Man" Another Blathering Contribution from the Blackened Heart of Kekel to You

We've added even more video and photos of Kekel's Mansions, and added fresh true stories of their lavish lifestyles, necessitating a miniseries of posts!

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  So here are some pictures of Kekel's NTCC mansions and homes provided for him.  We think he stayed in NTCC just to get all the kibbles and bits falling off the Sugar-Daddy-in-law-Davis gravy-train chuck-wagon. One thing is for sure:  Neither Davis or Kekel had any money when they came into the NTCC.  Now they are loaded, thanks to your sacrifice!  And, no; we are not jealous.  We don't want to fleece God's flock the way Davis and Kekel have done. We are simply zealous to point out these truths so you can stop being duped by these religious hucksters and con-artists. It's time to get real, folks!  Look at some of what your non-profit dollars have purchased for these goons:

Pic Of Google Satellite Image of The Dump:

Kekel's first residence in Washington, The Dump.
Controlled by the Ashmores. The Kekels lived there
while waiting for their Custom House to be built.

"Custom House" Built for the Kekels by the
 then-time NTCC Building Crew.  Kekel stayed
 here after living in "The Dump" (Ashmores'
 House) and prior to moving into the mansion
  built for them off 145th / 224th featured in 
 the following pictures of shrubs lining the 
 property and "NTCC A Bad Neighbor" photo. 

 Kekels' Mountain-View Mansion off 145th in
 Graham is shrouded by shrubs.  This was the
 site of the infamous 2009 "Fourth Of July Bash"
 featured on MC Kekel's smog blog.
 In Kekel's pictures one could see the
 the paved / blacktop area for basketball
 and a volleyball net, both being used by
 NTCC ministers and their wives.  Such
 activities were "blasted" and folks were
 ruthlessly "plowed" for playing any sports,
 especially at church functions, during my
 tenure with the NTCC from 1990 -1999.
 But Kekel has never followed the rules
 foisted-off on the other NTCC schlubs! 

Below:  A picture of the Google Satellite Image of previous Kekel mansion, the site of the infamous 2009 "4th of July Bash" that was featured in photos on Kekel's "commentary" = smog blog.  The following picture of the Google Satellite Image shows what the bushes were hiding:

View looking East:  NTCC A Bad Neighbor

 NTCC A Bad Neighbor: NTCC CEO Kekel's 
 Mansion Off 145th Ave and 224th St in 
 Graham, WA blocked the neighbors' hard-
 earned view of Mt. Ranier. 
 Kekel shared his version of this 
 story from the pulpit, impudently snarling 

 that "If [the neighbor] wanted a view 

 of Mt.  Ranier, then [the neighbor] should 

 have bought both properties!"  It may come 

 as a  surprise to Molester-Mike Kekel, who 
 has had  everything handed to him on a 
 silver platter since getting his hands on the 
 TA-TAs of the NTCC founder's under-aged-
daughter (when she was 14-15 and he was 
 23-24 years old), but  most people work  hard 
 and save their money for a lifetime in order 
 to earn the few things they have.  Those 
 neighbors didn't fleece God's flock but 
 worked hard and earned their view of Mt. 
 Ranier that Kekel's mansion destroyed. 
 The Kekels stayed here in this monstrosity 

 after leaving their "custom house" and
 before moving into their next 

 NTCC mansion  on  the Bonco Estates. 

 (c) Google Images 

Prayers and Regrets: NTCC A Bad Neighbor:

I remember praying for God to bless the Kekels with a home that had a view of beautiful Mt. Ranier.  I asked God to allow them to raise their son off the NTCC campus so he could grow up as a normal kid, without having to live life in a fish bowl.  God honored those prayers.  Above is just one photo of the Google Satellite Image of Kekel's Mansion off 145th Ave. and 224th St. in Graham, WA. The Interactive - Clickable Google Satellite Image appears further below.

When I prayed I was a duped NTCC minister's wife, like so many of you are right now.  I had no idea then how wicked the NTCC and its top leaders are. Eventually God was able to open my eyes to their madness and meanness.  For example, after moving into this mansion, Kekel got up behind his bully pulpit.  He was doing character assassination on one of his neighbors.  The neighbor, who did not attend NTCC, was rightfully very upset when Kekel built his mansion in a way that blocked the neighbor's hard-earned view of Mt. Ranier.  I still remember Kekel snarling from the pulpit that if the man wanted a view of Mt. Ranier, he should have bought both properties!  That really bothered me!!!  This might come as a surprise to silver-spoon Kekel, but not everybody marries the under-aged daughter of the NTCC President .  Kekel has no clue what it's like for real people who actually work on real jobs and earn their money and save for the things they have in this life.  Kekel got on the Sugar-Daddy-in-law-Davis gravy train and has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, from the job he works, to the stability of never moving across country and back in the thirty or so years he's lived in WA, to the income and perks you pay him, to the mansions you built for him.

Needless to say, I regret that prayer, in the sense that it actually gave something good to people who have proven to be horribly abusive and rude toward others, as Kekel was in this case of NTCC being a bad neighbor.

Video:  NTCC A Bad Neighbor: New Testament Christian Church Mansion For CEO / President

Almost the exact image captured in the
 accompanying video's thumbnail. These
 photos and video can't really convey just
 how huge this property is.
 When I married Eric Barden in 1991, we
 spent our "honeymoon" on NTCC guard duty,
 while the clan was at a "conference" in
 Missouri. Once an hour we were required to
 drive about the bible school grounds and
 then over to this Kekel monstrosity. The
 shrubs were much smaller then, providing a
 clear shot of this mountain-blocking
 mansion. Just imagine, we spent our
 "honeymoon" protecting what is near and
 dear to the hearts of the NTCC 'leaders' -
 their real estate assets!
 Once again we see the NTCC living contrary
 to the Word of God which plainly states:
 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon
 earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
 and where thieves break through and steal:"
 Matthew 6:19 

A small portion of the Kekels' mansion off
 145th Ave. and 224th St. in Graham, WA is
 visible through the shroud of shrubs. Eric
 Barden, who worked on the NTCC Building
 Crew, told me this behemoth has both a
 hot-tub and separate Jacuzzi. He was
 shocked and scandalized by that, having
 spent many hours on the NTCC Building
 Crew / (later called Gesang Enterprises)
 soaked in his own sweat, swathed in, not
 bath salts, but in work-clothes crusted with
 salt formed from his own sweat crystallizing
 after the perspiration baked away from the
 heat of the sun! He used to think he was
 sacrificing for the work of the Lord; but
 after seeing this place, EJB knew his
 sacrifice wasn't helping souls find Christ! It
 was all just to give a cushy life of luxury to
 the Davis and Kekel families, to build them
 another mansion, buy them another luxury
 vehicle, install another hot-tub and another
 separate Jacuzzi!

Your Tithe Dollars At Work-Buying The Kekels A Jacuzzi and Hot-Tub

Jacuzzi, Jacuzzi, Ja-Ja-Ja-Jacuzzi


The Lawd Uses That Jacuzzi In MyStErIoUs Ways

Corner of the property for Kekels' Mansion
off 145th and 224th in Graham. This corner
fence marks the northern neighbor's pasture
complete with horse corral (visible after
zooming out of the interactive - clickable -
Google Satellite Image embedded below).
Considering how Davis mercilessly plowed
 Roland Moreno's wife Maria for allegedly
looking at horses in a pasture, we wonder
how many hours did Davis' daughter, Tanya
Kekel, spend languishing in her hot-tub
and or her separate Jacuzzi, gazing
dreamily at the neighbors' pasture and or
horse corral ?!?!? She must have been
 eating bon-bons (candies / chocolates) and
 NOT clipping coupons, since she doesn't even
 do her own grocery shopping, allegedly
 being "too busy" (?!?!?!) but going to
 the malls in the Sea-Tac area to buy
 yet another walk-in closet-full of designer
 clothes, handbags, or shoes, or shopping
 online for expensive decorative furnishings
like a $2,000 High Boy Desk / Secretary!
 Or maybe she was just bubbling-away
Holy Ghost conviction about lost souls
 dying and going to hell while she sat
in her Jacuzzi cackling over her latest plans
with her busybody mother, Verna Davis,
 to break-up yet another marriage
just because one of the spouses
 wants out of the NTCC Cult!
 Verna and Tanya will have
 to answer to God
for breaking His
 commandment
 in the Word:
 "What therefore God hath joined together,
 let not man put asunder."
 Mark 10:9 

Google Satellite Image Embedded Below:  Click on the "+" symbol on the image to zoom in; use the "-" symbol to zoom out and see the northern neighbor's pasture and horse corral. This is the same property as featured in the photos above.  The photo far above of the satellite image shows the mansion viewed when looking East.  Below is the satellite image when viewed as looking North; which is the default view.  If you use the "View Larger Map" link below this image, you gain access to a different tool [a circle that represents a compass wheel marking North with a "N"] that allows you to spin or rotate the image for views from all four points of the compass.

Below:  Kekel Mansion off 145th and 224th - View looking North.

View Larger Map

Above:  Satellite Image of Kekel's Mansion off 145th Ave. and 224th St. in Graham, WA. (c) Google

Reportedly, Ashmore's moved into this mansion when the NTCC built the Bonco mansion where the Kekel's currently reside.  Kekel lived in the Ashmores' residence called The Dump while their custom house (pictured far above) was built.  Davis teaches: "Turnabout is fairplay!"  We call it 'the NTCC board members have become great at "I'll scratch your back, if you scratch mine." [Quid pro quo.]'  Ahem.  And, Oh, what a mansion it is!  Anybody hear the expression "Trading Up!" ???

BELOW:  Kekel's Bonco Mansion Right Next Door To Sugar-Daddy-In-Law Davis' Digs [not pictured; but you can see his gated driveway.]  Note the gate across the entrance to the Bonco and Kekels' drive.  Kekel's also sporting a basketball hoop and volleyball court.  In his previous mansion, those items were hidden in the back yard.  Now Kekel brazenly parades this junk in his front yard, despite his past years of preaching against sports and shorts like he did when I was in your NTCC.  Ahem.

 Reportedly Tanya Davis Kekel was  complaining about this BONCO / newest  mansion because both the kitchen and walk-in closet allegedly were smaller than in her previous mansion.  Boo-Hoo! *Sniff Sniff* 
* * * BONCO * * *
 Oh the sacrifice that she makes 
 for the work of the Lawd! NOT! 
* * * BONCO * * * 
 Meanwhile, NTCC missionaries have lived and worshipped in a 9 foot by 14 foot space (with a 'toilet' that had no seat on it) and that was likely smaller than just one of teenie Tanya's teenie walk-in closets!

 NTCC CEO Kekel's Bonco Mansion right next
 door to Sugar-Daddy-in-law Davis, the NTCC
 President de facto. New Testament Christian
 Church Tithe Payers sure take care of the
 NTCC Board Members' lust of the eyes, lust
 of the flesh, and pride of life! Ouch! 

Once again they are out of the love of God:

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
 If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
 1 John 2:15 
 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not
 that the friendship of the world is enmity
 with God? whosoever therefore will be a
 friend of the world is the enemy of God.
 James 4:4 
 For all that is in the world, the lust of the
 flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride
 of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
 world.
 1 John 2:16

"He loves a house more than God!"  Or, in Kekel's case, "He loves his mansions more than God!"

Debunking Cult Jargon:
What about the old NTCC excuse for their lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and pride of life - the well-worn cult-thought-stopping-jargon / excuse "Well, Abraham was rich."  Yes, Abraham was rich.  So was Job.  But THEY DIDN'T GET RICH BY FLEECING GOD'S FLOCK THE WAY THE NTCC LEADERS HAVE!  Abr[ah]am paid tithe to Melchizedek, who blessed him.  Have you ever seen Davis pay tithe?  We sure haven't seen it.  Never.  Job, too, was blessed by God.  Job didn't run around in a so-called church service demanding every time the doors open that "All Christians pay tithe and give in offerings."  Did you ever see Jesus make that announcement or take up an offering?  We don't see that in the bible.  But we do see it in every NTCC service; because the organization has a rule commanding its preachers to make that announcement in every service.  It is REQUIRED.  What else do we see in the NTCC?

We see Davis hollering over the microphone from the lectern and pulpit,

• Davis yells, "YOU DON'T BRING THE HOMELESS OUT TO CHURCH!  YOU CAN'T BUILD A CHURCH THAT WAY!"
• Jesus declares, "I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."- Part of Matthew 16:18
• Davis screams, "DON'T INVITE TO CHURCH THOSE FOLKS WHO HAVE BLANKETS FOR CURTAINS!  THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY!  YOU CAN'T BUILD A CHURCH THAT WAY!"
• Jesus pleads, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."-Matthew 11:28
• Davis hollers, "IT'S A BUSINESS!"
• Jesus said, "I must be about my Father's business"-Part of Luke 2:49
• Davis blasts, "IF YOU AREN'T HAVING FIVE SERVICES A WEEK, DON'T COME UP TO ME AND TELL ME YOU NEED SOME MONEY!"
• Jesus, "... said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."-Matthew 21:13
• Davis demands, "IF YOU NEED MONEY, TAKE UP AN OFFERING!"
• Jesus teaches, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."-Acts 20:35

What else do you see in NTCC?  You see Kekel and other NTCC Board Members wrinkling their noses at the poor or anyone dressed shabbily by NTCC standards, and a few other things that you wouldn't see Christ doing.  What does God say about all this?  The Holy Ghost inspired Brother James to write in His book:

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

James 2:1

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

James 2:2

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

James 2:3

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

James 2:4

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and  heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

James 2:5

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

James 2:6

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

James 2:7

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

James 2:8

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

James 2:9

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

James 2:10

Do you want to be judged and found guilty of all the law?  I wouldn't want that. So why are you trying to keep the law and ordinances of men like those who run the NTCC when God has called you to a better testament?

Video Commentary by Trip Lee regarding Money, Power, and Sex

So are we contradicting ourselves with these videos by Trip Lee?  Not at all. The point is that some people earn a living legitimately, like Trip Lee, and seek to glorify God with the things He has given them.  While others, like the NTCC "borg" leaders, try to glorify themselves by amassing this world's wealth for their own PRIVATE BENEFIT, while trying to act as if their ill-gotten lucre is a "blessing from Gawd".  Puh-leez!  That excuse is really getting so old and is so lame.  Please explain why NTCC missionaries are still struggling for basic necessities while board members all live in cushy mansions bought and paid for with so-called non-profit dollars!  It just doesn't add up.  Methinks the NTCC getteth their wealth via FALSE PRETENSES!

This post was continued from:  Part 1 Tour NTCC 5: Kekel's Mansions Inspired by "Quit Like a Man" Another Blathering Contribution from the Blackened Heart of Kekel to You

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