WOMEN IN MINISTRY Part 2

In some church programs, in their printings awareness, they put the pictures of wives of the senior pastors next to the senior pastors. The question is that, "does a woman automatically becomes a preacher or teacher simply because her husband is a minister?" The Bible answer is NO. All the women used by God in the Bible that were called prophetesses didn't get into the position because their husbands were prophets. The wives of ministers in the church ought to follow normal protocol and submit to all church’s authority as other women. In the world, we have first lady and others, but Bible does not make room for that in the church; women, including the wives of the senior pastors, should learn in silence with all submission. The wives of the ministers in the churches and ministries ought to support their husbands, and not to second them.

"Let a woman learn in silence with all submission."
When God calls a man to be a minister, it does not means the wife is automatically called to be minister, but she is called to support her husband; she is supposed to support his husband and not to exercise authority over "men", that is, men called into the same ministry under her husband, and "men" who are leaders in the church. The wife of senior pastor is supposed to submit to the least of the pastor in the church as other women. When God calls a man, it is wrong for his wife to usurp, to use the God's given authority of the called husband to command "men". Today, almost all the wives of the ministers are also ministers, why? Why do we see the wives of Senior Pastors being called Pastors, and the wives of Bishops being called Bishops or Pastor? But there was nothing like that in the Bible. The wives of the ministers of God in the Bible learnt in silence and all submission, you hardly hear about them, because they were to learn in silence and stay behind their husbands to support, not to shout as the second in command.

Did you hear anything about the wives of the prophets in the Old Testament and the Apostles in the New Testament? At least, we read that Apostle Peter had a wife, but they all learnt in silence with all submission.

A pastor's wife who exercises authority over "men" and enjoys "minister" prerogative is working against the scriptures and her eternity. A woman who exercises "ministers" authority without being called by God personally is committing robbery, a woman who is exercising authority over men because her husband is a minister is committing usurpation. If a woman is called by God, she can lead men as did Deborah in the Bible, if her husband is called by God, she should support her husband and be submissive to the authority of the church. Such a woman can lead other women in the church, but not to share the authority and honour of her husband over the church. Only men and women genuinely called by God should take the honor of leadership, and not their spouses. Hebrews 5:4, "And no man takes this honour to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was."

If a man is called by God to start a ministry, the wife can assist and work with him as assistant at the elementary stage, but as soon as God brings qualified men into the ministry, the wife should stay behind her husband. It is biblically wrong for a minister to impose his wife or children on the church or the leadership of the church as part of the leaders. Those churches where the wives or sons of the senior pastors are next to them in position, such churches and ministries are just business centres and worldly. You will not see or hear the wife of a godly and steadfast pastor making noise, they are usually silent, right from Genesis to the our present time.

Church or ministry affair is not a family affair, it is the affair of God and only the Spirit of God appoints in a spiritual church; churches or ministry where leadership appointment are made by the reason of family ties or financial tendency have lost their spiritual values, and they can never experience revival until they repent and amend their ways. It is unbiblical for the wife or son of the senior pastor to succeed the leadership without evident appointment by God. If the purpose of our working for God is to glorify God and receive rewards in heaven, then, let's follow the Bible and avoid all ungodly gains.

Philippians 2:3, 4, "Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others."

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