Pastors' Wives Are Not Evangelists: Church Trends

There is a church trend occurring which many miss: wives of pastors being called an evangelist with no anointing. More plainly, just because a woman sits among the lost doesn’t mean she leads them to Jesus Christ.

Although it pains me to say this, with too many wives of church leaders, not only are they not leading people to Christ, their godless jealousy, anger or gossip scatter sheep from the House of God (Matt. 18:6, 1 Cor. 8:9).

I want to make something clear before another word is written: I have not, except in honor, ever written a scathing word of rebuke about a pastor's wife (first lady) on this website.

Most often, these women were thrust into a space no one has yet properly defined yet is the second most scrutinized role in the church.

However, when the same sisters step outside of the role of a preacher's wife, the standard, not having previously existed, and in any given situation, suddenly appears and righteous indignation explodes (Eze. 3:18-19, 1 Cor. 4:1-2, 2 Tim. 4:2).

However, when any woman claims God said "her feet are beautiful on the mountains," accountability will arrive and righteously so (Isa. 52:7). Whether claiming to be an apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor or teacher, and without respect of gender or how angry their weak husbands become, you are accountable (Isa. 52:7, Rom. 10:15).

As a pastor, currently serving a congregation, in-person, and not the Facebook or Instagram variety, I personally know when these men assign such titles without anointing, the goal is always the same: avoiding calling them co-pastors and/or bowing low before a domineering woman (Matt. 15:9, Mark 7:7).

Such claims are not something congregations would, or should, accept blindly without clear Holy Spirit evidence of its truth (2 Cor. 11:13-14, John 8:44, 1 John 2:21).

To be clear, the Bible never supports a woman being anyone’s ‘pastor.’ A woman (Eve) tried to shepherd her husband (Adam), made a wildly evil and emotional decision and here we are today (Gen. 3).

However, some of our sisters do have the gift of preaching and are prophetesses which the Bible does support (Exo. 15:20, Judg. 4:4, 2 Kin. 22:14, Luke 2:36-37).

If a church is led by a prophetess, the head of the church must still be the husband who should have apostolic level gifting (Eph. 4:11-12).

Yet for those who call themselves pastors ignorantly, the chief qualification, beside God's anointing, is how well one rules their home (1 Tim 3:1-7).

There is no biblical evidence Jesus told any woman to guide her home and thereby husband, and tons of scripture indicating our Lord forbids such a thing (Gen. 3:16, 1 Cor. 11:3, Eph. 5:22-23, Col. 3:18, et al).

Why do you think female pastors never, ever preach from the pastoral epistles except to dispute what is written in them?

With that said, it is needful to discuss how the negro preacher usurps God in placing their wives into leadership roles using subterfuge and bad theology (Jer. 14:14, Jer. 23:16, Ezek. 13:6, Matt. 7:15, 2 Pet. 2:1, et al).

These un-announced co-pastors are not referred to as such because people would rebel. However, they can be referred to as evangelist because church folk cannot say, for sure, what an evangelist is, at least not biblically (Acts 8:5-12, 26-40, 2 Tim. 4:5, et al).

Biblical anointing refers to the divine empowerment or consecration by God, through the Holy Spirit, for a specific purpose, role, or ministry. It originates from the Old Testament practice of pouring oil on priests, kings, or prophets symbolizing God’s selection and equipping (Exo. 29:7, 1 Sam. 16:13).

In the New Testament, anointing is spiritual, associated with the Holy Spirit’s presence and power (Acts 10:38, 1 John 2:20, et al).

It signifies being set apart, divinely enabled, and authorized for tasks like preaching, healing, or leading. Anointing cannot be self-appointed or conferred by human means alone; it is a sovereign act of God, often evidenced by spiritual fruit and effectiveness in ministry (Psa. 75:6-7, Isa. 61:1, Acts 10:38, 2 Cor. 1:21).

An example of gifting deceived women are Sister Gregory and Stella Jenkins.

Gregory is married to so-called pastor Maurice Gregory while Jenkins is married to the hands down, with no hyperbole meant, the most uncalled, unanointed and crooked pastor I have ever known: Marvin Jenkins of Union Baptist Church (Waterloo, Iowa).

I will be writing a featured article on this servant of satan soon but he once strong armed a dying widow, while she was in the hospital's ICU, out of more than $25,000 (Isa. 10:1-2, Mal. 3:5, Matt. 23:14).

I say so-called about Gregory because he has no congregation that I am aware of and uploads videos to Facebook only. Furthermore, if his wife is an evangelist, and the primary job of evangelist is to gather the lost, where is his congregation?

Fruit is a direct result of gifts of the Holy Spirit so where is the fruit (Matt. 7:16-20, Matt. 12:33, Luke 6:43-44)?

I am not attempting to marginalize the teaching brother does online. Prior to pastoring, I was a street preacher, and still do so, and understand this work is just as important as leading a congregation.

Yet, and when I am not leading a congregation, how is it truthful to refer to myself as pastor? He is leading no congregation, yet calls his wife an evangelist, yet neither is leading anyone in the truest sense of biblical leadership.

The issue is not that they aren't in a traditional setting and only on social media, rather that they are presenting themselves as something other than what is true. Either God is lying about what season they are in or they are (Num. 23:19, Titus 1:2, Heb. 6:18).

I have encountered true evangelists, and one locally in Waterloo, Iowa, deserves honor as the Bible says (Rom. 13:7, 1 Pet. 2:17). Evangelist Mary Thomas of Gift of Life Church is the model of what a sister evangelist, and evangelists in general, should be.

I have been in her presence when she led people in a sick room to Christ, as well as in parks and various outreach efforts, boldly introducing people to Jesus.

So why the issue with what someone is called to begin with? Black church orthodoxy is not the same as sound biblical theology and it is theology which demonstrates truth and not those who play fast and loose with its tenets.

For example, if you call a pastor’s wife an associate minister or co-pastor, people will grasp the meaning and significance while evangelist is more ethereal (to the undiscipled anyway).

The Bible is clear on what an evangelist is yet God's people are not (2 Tim. 2:15).

As long as associate minister, co-pastor, or prophet is avoided, everything is fine! In our city, real sister preachers are not even called 'associate ministers', just 'ministers' while their male counter-parts are provided that dignity.

More plainly, although the Lord is no respector of persons and doesn't play favorites, church leaders openly do so (2 Chron. 19:7, Job 34:19).

Providing the unanointed titles is furthermore a way for weak men to placate their often domineering wives, who know that with a few words, they can make life difficult for their husbands.

Imagine a woman who is disappointed, angry, or hurt and understands her ability to cause damage to the object of her anger?

There was a reason why the apostle Paul warned againt the apathy marriage causes any preacher while, in another epistle, speaking of its necessity as a qualification (1 Tim. 3:2, 12, 1 Cor. 7:22-23).

Anyone who is serious about following the Lord understands that they may have to go all alone if the need arises. Neither me, my wife, children or grand-daughter are more important than the work: full stop.

They know, I have told them, and demonstrated it as well. Even Jesus taught if we love anything more than Him, we cannot be His servants, so those offended, take it up with the Lord (Matt. 10:37, Luke 14:26).

I have listened to Sister Gregory, Stella Jenkins, and others claiming the anointing of sisters such as Evangelist Mary Thomas, Prophetess Barbara Calloway, and others have.

The truth is too many of those claiming, like Gregory and Jenkins do not possess any anointing, at all. Where is their fruit?

Furthermore, preacher's wives are often diva who believe they are much more than they truly are (Rom. 12:3). The thought of doing anything besides 'watching out for their husbands' is more than they can handle.

Seriously, when was the last time you saw a pastor’s wife, even those claiming to be evangelists, in public, a nursing home, or other place where lost people are fearlessly sharing Jesus Christ—the very places Jesus went (Luke 5:30-32, Luke 19:5-7, Mark 2:16-17, et al)?

Unless it is their own daughter, can you imagine your pastor's wife going to eat in the home of a stripper and prostitute like Jesus did with sinners of his day?

Evangelist Mary Thomas surely will! I am a street preacher but this woman of God is something different and she has preached at our church as well.

Nevertheless, most women or men for that matter, claiming this anointing believe themselves to be church royalty, due to man assigned titles, and are too good to interact with the same lot people Jesus did.

If I could be more clear; the servant, despite Jesus' word to the contrary, are greater than their master (Matt. 10:34-35, John 13:16).

More plainly, the wives of the black church elite, who consider themselves superior as well, are no evangelists, at least not in the biblical sense. That requires, like the Master, taking on the form of a servant and not being the one being served (Matt. 20:28, Mark 10:45).

My wife is a highly skilled nurse and an amazingly anointed caregiver. However, there is no way I would lie to her about what her true calling is no matter how much she pressed on me for some form of assurance only Jesus gives.

In the most literal sense, and as Jesus said, they are “blind leaders of the blind and they both have fallen into the ditch" (Luke 6:39).

Fake evangelists and weak pastors who allow these lies: the Lord Jesus loves you and at this moment, desires you turn from this title idolatry and the lies which are so pervasive.

You no longer know what is true and what is not.

Please turn, before it is everlasting too late, please.