The intention here is not to slight the ministries offered to women or the many valuable services rendered by
women in the church. In my experience women’s ministries are often the
most efficient and effective in the local church context. My intent is
to draw out a simple principle: Wives (and women in general) are
ministered to in unique ways when their husbands (or male populations)
are passionate for Jesus Christ and have willingly assumed the role of
spiritual leader in the home and church. In this sense, one of the most
effective ministries a church can have to its female population is an
intense desire to reach its male population. You want to bless a wife?
Get after her husband.
What every godly wife yearns for is a spiritual leader. It’s a
natural desire.
Conversely, wives are most frustrated by husbands who
occupy the office of leader but refuse to fulfill it. It’s a proper
frustration. In many situations wives are forced to drag their husbands
“kicking and screaming” to church, or into spiritual pursuits.
Additionally, as trends go, wives are usually more biblically
knowledgeable and spiritually passionate then their counterparts. As a
result, the female populations in local churches can often possess a
more earnest desire for the things of God. For any number of reasons,
the men lag behind in many churches. And wives who would much rather
turn to their husbands for spiritual leadership before turning to other
resources (pastors, elders, or trusted Christian authors) can’t. Keep Reading...
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