The role of a pastor's wife is the same as that of any other wife in a believing household: to love God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love and support her husband as he follows God.
There is no biblical mandate regarding role or responsibility of the pastor's wife. At most, moral characteristics are required of women in ministry as well as general spiritual characteristics responsible of all believers.
Be Ready & Willing to Serve - A Pastor's wife must be ready and willing to serve others. She must be a woman with a servant's heart working alongside her husband to fulfill the vision and mission of the local assembly and be equipped to handle the challenges of the position.
Pray that your pastor's wife will love God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength. Pray that she will cooperate with her husband in providing godly leadership in their home, not based on fear of what others will think, but according to scriptural truth. (Eph. 6:4; Col.
The pastor's wife is meant to glorify the ministry and work that her husband has been called to, and could not do without her. She helps keep her husband qualified to be a pastor, pointing out things that her husband perhaps can not see.
Reading through Scripture, a few passages stand out that directly speak to the role of women in the church: 1 Corinthians 11:3-12, 14:34-35, 1 Timothy 2:11-15 and Titus 1, 2. These passages are the foundation for the conclusion that women cannot be lead pastors in churches.
From that perch, the role of the church's “first lady” was first and foremost to support her husband, publicly agreeing with his decisions, helping him fend off unwanted demands from church members, perhaps teaching a Sunday School lesson from time to time.
If He has called you to be a pastor's wife and has called you to serve Him in this capacity, His promise is that He will give you everything that you need in order to carry it out (see Phil. 1:6). If He has called you, He WILL give you what you need in order to do the ministry.
All Christian women are called to ministry, and God grants some Christian women the unique ability to teach, but that doesn't mean God is calling them to violate His Word. When a woman discerns a desire to serve the church with her teaching abilities, she should do so within the boundaries created by God's Word.
Generally, in the Pentecostal/Non-Denominational faith, a Pastor/Bishop's wife is called “1st Lady or Lady,” preceded by her surname, out of respect & honor; also, if she holds a “Doctorate of Divinity,” her title which she can also be acknowledged by, would be “Lady/Dr.”
Herein lies the major problem for women pastors. In 1st Timothy 2:12, Paul said, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet” (c.f. 1 Cor. 14:33-35).
As a wife, she is expected to serve her husband, preparing food, clothing and other personal needs. As a mother, she has to take care of the children and their needs, including education. As a worker, she has to be professional, disciplined and a good employee.
Marilyn Brown Oden writes that pastors' wives may be broadly divided into three basic groups: the detached, the background supporter, and the incorporated or active participant. What does it mean to be in one of those groups?
A faithful wife is humble, she is kind, and she has a living faith that shines through everything she does. Her husband can see Christ in her through her words and actions. And a faithful wife respects her husband's boundaries and makes sure he respects her boundaries too.
Pastors wife poems are a unique way to tell your pastors wife how much you appreciate her. Pastors wives have a very challenging role to play in a church. They are not considered part of the church staff, but they often do as much ministry at and for the church as their husbands!
Since the 1900s, the role of first lady has changed considerably. It has come to include involvement in political campaigns, management of the White House, championship of social causes, and representation of the president at official and ceremonial occasions.
The spouse of the President is not elected to serve and yet, because the White House is both the residence and the office of the President, public service is inherent to the role. Traditionally, the spouse of the President served as the hostess and was in charge of all things domestic; but that role has evolved.
First lady is an unofficial title usually used for the wife, and occasionally used for the daughter or other female relative, of a non-monarchical head of state or chief executive. The term is also used to describe a woman seen to be at the top of her profession or art.
Women have a biblical role in society from helping within the church to fulfilling the Great Commission. The Bible encourages all Christians — both male and female — to follow the commands of God in telling others about Him.
The New Testament focuses on women being the managers of the household and highlights their roles as wives and mothers. Today's modern views of the church empower women as wives, and mothers, but also as successful leaders.
But in the ancient Middle East, the writers of the Hebrew Bible forbade tattooing. Per Leviticus 19:28, “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves.”