Hey! I know I'm posting a lot here...I just found this site, and I'm loving it, though, so bear with me.
Does anyone else have ministerial credentials and a husband who is not credentialed and does not plan to be? How do you deal with that? How does your church and/or your district deal with it?
I am working on getting my credentials this year, and my husband does not feel called to become a children's pastor. He loves kids, and is right alongside me in my ministry. I could not do anything that I do without his support, and I love him to pieces. He is the spiritual head of our home, but he just doesn't feel called to be a pastor.
This is not a problem with me at all, nor is it with my church. I am just wondering if anyone had this issue when they interviewed for their credentials and looking for some feedback as to how you addressed it.
No, my man is credentialed, so not an issue in our home. I would question why push your dh to be credentialed if he does not feel the call to pastor? Honestly, your dh is the pastoring partner in your relationship...I would just encourage him to develop his gifts as your partner in the ministry and let him flourish at the things he is gifted at within the ministry.
My DH has never heard the call. He helps me in my ministry whenever he can. He and I are lay-counselors of a sort. He has toyed with the idea of studying when he retires from his current job in three years, but for now, credentials are a non-issue in our minisrty for us both. lw
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...... Then they came for the Catholics, and I was a Protestant, so I never said anything. And then, they came for ME, and there was no one left to speak up. Martin Neimoller, German Pastor, WW2
I definitely don't push my DH toward getting his credentials, and neither does our senior pastor. I am just having "application/interview jitters," and I have heard horror stories from other female pastors whose poor husbands were pressured by the presbyters DURING the interview to get their credentials so they could work alongside their wives. As if they can't be part of their wives' ministries unless they become pastors...
Much like Deanna, I try very hard to leave the "can women be pastors" issue alone. I would rather spend my time and energy building relationships with kids and leading them to Christ than constantly be defending my calling!
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