The Purpose of The T2CHK Message Board

These guidelines are lengthy, but we feel that it is imperative that you read and understand them before participating on the T2CHK message board.

Sylvia Britton under the authority and headship of her husband, Mark, has been called to extend grace to all women and to teach women to love their husbands and children and to be keepers of their homes according to the mandate of Titus 2. Therefore, Titus 2 Christian Homekeepers is dedicated to uplifting the Name of Jesus Christ to the glory of God while teaching women who desire a closer relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and who need encouragement and/or help in maintaining a godly household.
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We hope to partially accomplish this by offering a forum where ideas and thoughts can be exchanged and to offer teaching and offer accountability from older godly women who have been called by the Lord to teach in this format.
We are very excited to have you as part of the T2CHK Message Board! Our hope and prayer is that we can minister to you and encourage you on your journey as you seek to become the Woman God intends you to be. We offer many different helps and tools for you to use both on the message board and on the T2CHK Website. And in addition you can glean from the combined knowledge and wisdom of the older Christian women on our board.

The T2CHK Message Board is not an open platform for members to teach theology or doctrine unless invited to do so by the Administrator. Because the T2CHK Ministry has been entrusted to its administrators by God, we are very cautious about the teachings we present. All teachings and studies that are offered by the T2CHK Ministry must first be approved by the Board of Directors.

General Rules and Information

Hours of Operation:
The Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Message Board will be open 24 hours a day Monday through Thursday. The board will be closed from 10 pm eastern time Friday evenings until 10 pm eastern time Sunday evenings. Our hope is that this will encourage you to spend time worshipping the Lord and that it will give our moderators time off to worship and fellowship with their friends and families.

T2CHK Is Not A Church
Since we are not a Church, nor do we function as a church, we do not discipline our members for sin. We will address sin in our members lives if it is opened up for conversation by that member and we will do it in private. We will hold our members accountable for their walk and lives only to the extent that they have allowed. We will always extend grace and prayer for our members and we hope our members will pray for us too! Please remember that as a member you may not be fully aware of what the Administrators are doing and the ministering and moving of God behind the scenes and in the lives of other members.

You Must Post To Remain On The Membership List
The Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Message Board is an interactive ministry. You must participate in order to maintain an active membership. You should be posting at least once every three weeks and participating in the conversations. If you find that this is too often for you to post, please let Karen know and she can delete your membership. You are welcome to come back and rejoin at any time. If your membership is deleted because you have not been posting you may reapply at any time.

You Must Use Your "Real" first name when registering:
We require our members to add their "real" first names to their signatures or manually to each post.

We Reserve The Right....
The Administrators reserve the right to delete or ban any member from posting if they deem that the member is violating any of the rules, move and edit posts and make decisions to preserve the integrity of the board.

Be Our Guest....
We ask you to remember that you are a guest on our board.
We are listening and following the direction of the Lord God in all of our endeavors. We are open to comment and critique, however we will not compromise the content of the board or the board rules.

Emergency Contact:
Sylvia, Karen are available via email in case of emergencies.

"I've registered for the board, but it still won't let me post!"
When registering for board membership, all new members must be approved before being allowed to post on the board. We have chosen to have an administrator manually review and approve all applicants (namely to eliminate spammers). So please be patient, we should get you approved soon.

The Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Message Board Posting Guidelines

*Please adhere to the following guidelines. Your post may be edited or deleted if you do not. Repeated violations will be cause for banning. It is your responsibility to read these guidelines and understand them before posting. If you are posting, we assume that you have read and understand the Board Guidelines and we will require you to obey the rules while you are on the board.

Keep the conversation holy, pure and worthy of God's women. Please keep the conversation on track in each forum as much as possible. We ask that you use these scriptural principles when posting on this board. They are the principles that we as moderators hold each other to and we hope that you will follow them too:

Ephesians 4:29 - "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers."

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."

Galatians 5:22-26 - "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory,provoking one another, envying one another."

Please Show Respect for the Authority of the T2CHK Administrators and Moderators

Please be respectful and polite to your moderators and administrators. These ladies give a lot of their time, study and prayer on your behalf and they love you very much!

"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you." Hebrews 13:17


***How to discuss Controversial Topics on the T2CHK Message Board***

The T2CHK Ministry is a Grace Based Ministry. We extend grace and welcome women from all Orthodox Christian belief systems and denominations. We also expect you to do so on the T2CHK board.

About Convictions...
Please, please, do not insist that your personal convictions are to be held by every Christian. And be careful in how you present your beliefs. Consider not only your convictions but, more importantly, the hearts and minds of those who are reading.

We believe that God does require things of some of His children that He does not require of others. The area of conviction includes but is not limited to headcoverings, women in the work place, dresses only for women, long uncut hair, vegetarianism, veganism, home churching, Sabbath keeping, Jewish holiday observance, and homeschooling.

There is ample room in the Body of Christ for all godly convictions, and we expect you as a member of T2CHK to share your convictions gently and sweetly, without judgment or condescention. 1 Cor. 8:9 - But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

Don't go on and on trying to convince someone of your own convictions. Just share them if you feel so inclined and let God speak.

Discussing God's Word
Discussion about God's Word invariably leads to disagreement and debate over doctrine. This is not what we are called to at Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper and it can easily overshadow our purpose of teaching women to love their children and husbands and be keepers of their homes. However, we acknowledge the fact that very often our beliefs about doctrine and theology will have some effect on how we live our lives as women and make the choices we are asked to make in life.

For this reason, we ask you to remember all of our rules regarding convictions and gentleness when discussing doctrine and theology. Violation of these rules will result in deletion or editing of your post and may result in a board time-out in which you will be asked to refrain from posting for a short period of time.

The "Do-Not's" of the T2CHK Message Board Guidelines

There are no exceptions to these Rules. Posts that violate these rules will be deleted or edited without explanation:

* Please, do not post links to other message boards or Chat Rooms on The Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Message Board.
* Please, do not advertise another message board or chat room in your signature or profile.
* Please, do not recommend any specific drugs or medications to others. You may suggest specific herbal remedies.
* Please, do not advertise business sites in your signature or in your personal profile, this includes your own business.
* Please, do not criticize your husband or any one else's husband.
* Please, do not make your husband (or any one else's husband) seem small or unkind in the eyes of others. God's Word is plain on this topic: "She brings him good and not harm all the days of his life...."Proverbs 31:12.

We do realize that situations are frequently very difficult between husbands and wives. We care about you and your struggles and want to help you if we can. If you are in doubt about whether or not to post something about your husband or marriage, please email Karen and ask.

*Please, do not criticize or bash any particular denomination. We minister to women of all denominations at T2CHK, please think about who may be reading before posting. You may relay facts that you can back up but please refrain from identifying particular denominations when sharing opinions.

Copyright Issues:

Please, do not copy and paste anything from The Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper Message Board to other message boards, web sites or in hard copy form for distribution. If you would like to distribute an article from the board or web site free of charge, contact the Webmaster for information as to how to do that. All information on the board and web site is copyrighted.

Please do not post the copyrighted material of others on the Titus 2 Christian Homekeeper page. You may use small portions of material that is copyrighted (fair use) on the board, such as a poem, if you note the author or source's name.

For permission to post small portions of material from the T2CHK Message Board in publications or newsletters but not on other message boards or in chat rooms email Karen or Sylvia.