The Bible. I have friends who are Baptist and they maybe conservative but they don't dress like what you're describing. One of my other professors did allow that saying “shoot” was okay, as she was used to people from Ohio saying it! Mini skirts began appearing about the mid-1970s, but many schools instituted length requirements for those, and some teachers carried yardsticks to measure them. Thou shalt not eat at a restaurant on Sunday. Several years ago, my pastor gave some principles for Christian dress. If they can't support it with Scripture, Primitive Baptists don't follow it. 5. Wearing a skirt can be a life-changing decision, but it must be made with the right intentions. Thanks! https://www.nakedpastorstore.com/blogs/news/adoring-pastors. 3 Reasons Why I Wear Skirts Full-Time. Most of them encourage their members to dress and live modestly, but do not have specific teachings about hair and skirts. Another rule for students was that thou shalt not attend the roller skating rink upon threat of expulsion. If you are a first-time commenter, please read the commenting policy before wowing readers with your words. Thou shalt leave a tract in the restroom after thou hast used it. UGH!!!! None of which are flattering or attractive. Thereâs a Biblical reason for ladies to wear longer dresses / skirts. Pentecostal Christianity has more than 700 denominations. However, Dutton still played basketball in shorts before making the switch to a skirt ⦠I wondered how in the world that man could look at his wife much less have sex with her because why would you defile such a woman who looked so sheepish and innocent!! However, that is Godâs perspective. We also supply denim and skirts, tops and accessories for all occasions. I remember one of the missionary wives who was married to the man who used to be a division leader in the bus ministry at hac and fbc… and I always thought she looked and dressed so incredibly homely, almost as if she walked straight out of Little House on the Prairie set. You forgot women wear nice slax pants,so actually,women do not have to wear skirts. He and his wife have six grown children and thirteen grandchildren. Your pastor is burdened for America & hasn’t slept since 1976. Wearing short skirts is awesomeâand for more reasons than you might expect. Hope you have a good day. Thou can sleep at 11 on Monday night; everyone knows sleep is for fags & queers, not real men. Being skirts only is a choice, and a conviction. This is the Christianity of millions of North Americans. We also could not wear tight skirts or skirts with slits. Ugh. We maybe dressed so well but our heart is not ready to face our God on that worship day, then the dress we worn is not of value. What the fuck is YOUR problem?? Hello! Thou shalt leave for camp on Monday morning and return on Saturday afternoon, as thou must be able to give a long, tearful testimony at the church service on Sunday morning (exhaustion is of the devil). The short answer is that going to the movies supported Hollywood. For more information about Bruce, please read the About page. We could literally sit here all day adding “standards” to this; these guys are constantly changing on a whim. If your neighbor saw you leaving the Cinemaplex, he wouldn’t know what movie you had watched, leading him to have questions about your faith. True Bible Reasons Why Church Is On Sunday Not Saturday. Maybe you just open yourselves up to the pseudo-Christian garbage that these "pastors" feed to you. Women need not apply and should not study martial arts. Thou shalt wear the sweatshirts & caps of your favorite basketball team; they are only evil & worldly if you choose to go to college there. ? Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. There are plenty of ways to dress very modestly, and in style - and I don't mean wearing shirts that are skin tight, or skirts that are thigh high, but I mean pretty, flattering shirts and dresses. Floor-length skirts and dresses were also prohibited. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Even my Southern Baptist Church wasn’t this strict! Students may be expelled at any time, for any reason, if the president of the school deems the reason sufficient (my 2nd grade brother was expelled for defiance). Dresses, skirts, and tops on those sites are colorful and stylish, a far cry from the frumpiness one might expect. Amendment – though shalt say amen during service but only if you are male. Addendum: Thousand shalt not even THINK about piercing ANYTHING below the waste! I think they're not allowed to have short hair. BaptistâWhen you hit the local Baptist church, dust off your best polo shirt and slacks, like Jesus wore. Perhaps the question of why do Mennonites dress like that isnât really why Plain men can wear clothing that is similar to worldly men. * Maybe some can relate to this cartoon from NAKEDPASTOR. We even go for accessories that adds beauty to the bearer.Anyway the way we dress is not that important because all of us has his/her own taste, it maybe pleasing to me but not pleasing to everyone. As a transgender woman, I find that interesting, to say the least! Re: Why girls should not wear skirts or dresses - 03-11-2010, 08:55 AM I honestly wonder if any of you "True Christians" have even opened your Bible, or tried to interpret yourself what it says. If you are a young woman, thou shalt wear knee-length dresses, with hose and heels at summer camp in the woods in the red clay mud when it rains. I am still a very committed Christian, but I was thankfully out of the IFB world once I left for college (a secular university). Paid It All: The Story Behind The Hymn. She actually got upset! RESPONSE. There are plenty of ways to dress very modestly, and in style - and I don't mean wearing shirts that are skin tight, or skirts that are thigh high, but I mean pretty, flattering shirts and dresses. The Baptist church believes in Baptism only after a person has professed Christ as their Savior. They are conservative in their dress: most women still dress in below-knee-length skirts, and the men wear collared shirts. I donât think this is what the Apostle Paul was saying and I will explain why. My religious upbringing was pretty bizarre, but this stuff? For example, the Bates women wear pants and sleeveless dresses . This means that God changed his mind, yes? Oh, as a new convert attending an Adventist college, I actually said, “heck” or “darn” around one of the older teachers (40 years ago). Women typically did NOT wear stolas every day but rather they wore them only for special occasions like weddings or other more formal gatherings. All of it so true and I laughed out loud at some of them!!! Zoey August 6, 2019 6:07 pm What a list! (And yes, martial arts are ok, even though they originated from Asian sources; we’ll win those yellow devils to Jesus, eventually). Fundies forget that God can do a sudden “I have changed my mind” crazy Ivan on them at any moment. The difference in our culture is that women wear dresses and men wear pants, so I believe it's right for me to wear dresses. I grew up with kids who were in churches like that one. We manufacture and retail long dresses, skirts and modest tops and accessories. Many watch movies in their home….what is the difference? I am curious why the Ifb doesn’t want Christians to go to the movie theatre? Donations on a monthly basis can be made through Patreon. Apostolic Co. specializes in pentecostal inspired fashion for the modest women. In that case, thou shalt work on your bus route until 3 am Monday morning, then get your sorry, lazy ass ready for your theology classes at our bible college that morning. Do they wear their hair long too? I realize that their main goal is modesty, and that it is very important to them to be modest, and that is completely understandable. Thou shalt study various martial arts disciplines, as these are masculine. The initial issue that caused the schism among Pentecostals had to do with the proper method of water baptism. Truly horrifying. (The mind of an 18 year old girl that had been sort of “bad” with many boys in high school, shame on me) I never understood it. Legs We know you have them. It's a bit like listening to Christian music. We do not want to see them. So men can’t have facial hair but women can? At my Presbyterean Church, once a year a bunch of guys dress up in kilts (male skirts) for reformation sunday ⦠(Isa. And there are many Baptist Churches too. He is the man of God who speaks for God. Yesterday I went to a night party at my friend's house. eyebrow, belly button, tongue) shall be permitted to be pierced. Thou shalt always obey the speed limit, EXCEPT when the Pastor says it is God’s will that thou shalt go 10-20 miles over the speed limit so as not to miss lunch at camp. And the all important, “Thou shalt not, never, under no circumstances, not even in thought, criticize the pastor.” “God’s anointed,” remember! Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Later that afternoon, thou shalt go to work. I am a Baptist woman, and I am not sure what area of the country you are seeing these women. But do women have to wear their best clothing â the modern equivalent of the stola every day of their lives? This is especially important, since the pastor needs his bodyguard detail rotated every so often. Favorite Answer I don't know about Southern Baptists (none that I know of believe that), but I know a lot of Pentecostal people who believe that. Also, if you canot do it modestly in culottes, you should rethink doing it at all. Yes, they do wear their hair long too. I'm a guy & I extremely wonder that why don't girls wear panties under dresses/skirts. How The Devil Tries To Discredit The Word Of God. RESPONSE. No other part of the anatomy (e.g. All first-time comments are moderated. But, I have a few, from the legendary Dr Bob of Longview: Thou shalt watch football on Monday night. In any case, we are definitely living in the end times before the 2nd coming of Christ. “Thou shalt not have more than one hole in each ear” shall be amended as follows: WOMEN ONLY shall be permitted no more than one piercing in the earlobe of each ear. Men who are committed to modest dress will sometimes wear those things but they will be selective in what they wear. The clue here is SOME Baptist women, so those who have automatically jumped on the Christian abuse waggon, please take a breath.It is for modesty, and those particular Baptists who do wear long skirts (even to swim in), do so because they believe that is the best way to be modest. Thou shalt leave tracts in various and sundry places: the aisles of Walmart, in library books, at the doctor’s office, so that all may know the Good News of the Gospel. Some women do wear pants that arenât so bad, and yes, I admit that VERY loose fitting pants are not as revealing, but again, depending on how you move, even those can fit ⦠5 Needs Husbands MUST Fulfill For Their Wives. Indoctrinating Evangelical Children: Are You Willing to Die for Jesus? I adhere to short skirts like a religion. And yes they are Baptist - not a break away group of a Baptist church. Short Stories: The Day I Got Busted by the Border Patrol, How the IFB Church Turned My Wife Into a Martyr, Creationist Ken Ham Asks His Disciples to Pray for Me, Ken Ham Approves of Brothers Having Sex With Sisters, Trials and Adversity: It Doesn’t Always Happen to Someone Else, Black Collar Crime: Methodist Pastor John McFarland Charged with Molesting Seven Children, Black Collar Crime: Evangelical Pastor Guillermo Quintanilla Accused of Sexually Assaulting Young Girls, Thou shalt obey all adults at all times if you are a child or teenager, Thou shalt obey your husband at all times is you are a woman, Thou shalt obey your parents at all times, Thou shalt obey the police and government unless the pastor says it is a sin against God to do so, Thou shalt give a faith promise missionary offering, Thou give an offering any time the pastor says God is saying to collect a special offering, Thou shalt attend church every time the doors are open, Thou shalt pray for every meal, but ice cream at Dairy Queen after church requires no prayer, Thou shalt only use the King James Bible — 1611 edition which is really the 1769 revision, Thou shalt only use the Scofield King James Bible, Thou shalt not have long hair (over your ears, collar) if you are a man, Thou shalt not have a block cut hairstyle is you are a man, Thou shalt not have facial hair if you are a man, but if you are a woman you can have facial hair, Thou shalt not have tattoos unless you have prison tats from your life before Christ, Thou shalt not take the hem out of your Levi jeans or alter your clothing in any way so that you look worldly, Thou shalt not wear pants (britches) if you are a woman, Thou shalt not wear shorts, but a woman can wear Baptist shorts — also known as culottes, Thou shalt not expose any flesh if you are a woman, especially your thighs, breasts, or back, Thou shalt only wear dresses with hemlines below the knees if you are a woman, Thou shalt not have any physical contact with the opposite sex if you are unmarried, Thou shalt not have more than one hole in each ear if you are a woman, Thou shalt not pierce any body part except your ear, and then only if you are a woman, Thou shalt not watch TV, but if you are a carnal Christian and must watch TV thou shalt only watch, Thou shalt not go to the movie theater, but using streaming services is okay, Thou shalt always have tracts in your shirt pocket or purse, ready to evangelize at a moment’s notice, Thou shalt drive a car with church advertising stickers, IFB cliches, or Bible verses attached to the bumper, Thou shalt park down the street when visiting the local strip club or whore house lest the pastor know you are there and stay away, Thou shalt not listen to secular music, especially rock music, which is from the pit of hell, Thou shalt not listen to contemporary Christian music (CCM), Thou shalt not drink fermented alcohol — after all, Jesus drank Welchâs grape juice, Thou shalt not cuss, but saying darn, shoot, crap, freaking, and fudge are okay, Thou shalt not date non-Independent Baptist girls or boys, Thou shalt not have any non-Independent Baptist friends, Thou shalt home school your children or send them to a Christian school, Thou shalt only read pastor-approved Christian books, Thou shalt only believe what the pastor says you are to believe, Thou shalt say you have victory over sin, even if you are lying, Thou shalt adhere to the perception is reality rule, Thou shalt send your kids to the same Christian college the pastor went to, Thou shalt leave the church if you commit adultery, get a divorce, or get pregnant outside of marriage, Thou shalt believe everything the pastor says even when you are certain he is lying, speaking evangelistically, or embellishing his illustrations, Thou shalt wear a bra if you are a woman, and it can only be a white, underwire bra, Thou shalt not mix bathe (Baptist for swimming with the opposite sex), Thou shalt not go to amusement parks unless the youth group is going, Thou shalt not show emotion unless praising Jesus from 10:00 am to noon on Sunday or giving a testimony during Sunday evening service, Thou shalt say AMEN during at the appropriate time during the pastor’s sermon, especially when he shouts, pounds the pulpit, or performs gymnastics, Thou shalt not be angry even though the pastor is allowed to be angry, but thatâs because his anger is righteous anger, Thou shalt be for what the pastor is for and against what the pastor is against, because if you donât, a bear might come out of the woods and eat you, Thou shalt ignore any science that contradicts the Bible, Thou shalt never try to fix your own problems because the pastor is the official fixer of all problems, Thou shalt takes notes on the sermon even if the rabbit wanders five miles off the trail or the sermon is incoherent, Thou shalt always tell the pastor what a wonderful sermon he preached, even when you have no idea what he was talking about, Thou shalt always tell Sister Bertha what a wonderful job she did with her off-key rendition of, Thou shalt not use canned (taped) music for music specials. This must be a location style of dress, because I have not seen it either in my church or any other Baptist church I may have visited. The Book of Peter echoes these sentiments, teaching, âDo not let your adornment be merely outward â arranging the hair, wearing gold or putting on fine apparel â rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of Godâ (1 Peter 3:3-4). It is an outward change that may indeed help you and even remind you of the woman you want to be, but, at the end of the day, the music or the skirt is not making us better. If fundies really understood this, it would probably scare the shit out of them. This list sounds alot like the Mennonite Church rule book. Thou shalt go to KFC on Sundays after services. Thank you for reading this post. Recent debates on identity and society's understanding of ⦠Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. 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