Women in Ministry

By La Donna Kemp-Morrell

I wrote this book for the love of the Christian ministry and for all the women serving the congregation in one way or another.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524507978

La Donna Kemp-Morrell

La Donna Kemp-Morrell is a dedicated grandparent whose world revolves around her grandchildren, and she loves telling stories.

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Table of Contents

Chapter One: God’s Word on Women in Ministry

The Role of Ministry

According to the Holy Scripture

Jesus Taught by Example

Role of Women in the Christian Society

Chapter Two: A Woman’s Right to Preach His Word

Women and the Early Christian Church:

Chapter Three: According to the Modern World

Feminization and the Christian Church

Identifying the gender gap in the Christian Congregation

Chapter Four: The Dilemma of Ordination

Women leading Church - Still a dilemma?

Chapter Five: Within the Ministry

Separate roles of Men and Women within the Christian Congregation

In the Old Testament

In the New Testament

Christian Family

The Christian church

Chapter Six: Wrath of Discrimination

Chapter Seven: The More Important Question – SHOULD Women be Pastors?

When Women get calling of leading the Congregation

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Dedicate

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I would like to dedicate this book to my loving husband,

who inspired me to become the person I am today.

I am grateful to my four children JD Alexander Kemp, Mercedes

Kemp, Richard Morrell and Alexis Morrell, who are my motivation.

I wrote this book for the love of the Christian Ministry and for all

the women serving the Congregation in one way or the other.

Chapter One

God’s Word on Women in Ministry

Essentially, we’re taught that the Bible states that women are not allowed to commandeer over men. Why? Because Adam was created from dust, but Eve was created out of Adam (Genesis: 2.21, 22). Given that God has assigned different roles to men and women in the world, it does not mean that He regards one over the other more – He values them both the same.

This little fact is pivotal to understand in order to move forward: different roles, but equal value. Who are we, as human beings, to put our perception of gender equality over His?

The Role of Ministry

The main goal of the ministry is to teach. But teach what precisely? His teachings and the word of Gospel. When Jesus started His public ministry, He gathered all of his disciples – the twelve men. These twelve men were to champion the evangelistic cause carried out by Jesus. His main concern was not the gender of the people who did the teaching but people who were capable of creating big enough followings so that God’s word reached far and beyond. He treated it as a matter of needing more workers (disciples), to spread the word of God and create more disciples. This was His idea of a ministry.

According to the Holy Scripture

Back in the days of initial growth of the Assemblies of God, it