A fad is taking over many churches, and that is to consider
wives of staff members part of the staff as well. You see this mostly in
charismatic churches but also in churches that are not charismatic as well. You
can go to their websites or see their advertisements and notice that they have
pastors plural (husband and wife) or youth pastor plural, etc. Since I first
noticed this, I have wondered why churches do this and if it is biblical. The
conclusion I have come to is that it is not biblical. Nowhere in scripture do
you see husband and wife teams. In fact, the Bible states clearly that the
pastor is to be a man, not a woman. Qualifications are indeed given on what his
wife is to be like as far as character, but the Bible does not seem to imply
that the two are a team of ministers. I believe that it is a calling to be a
minister’s wife much the same way it is a calling to be a minister of the
gospel. This does not mean that the wife is equally the minister just as her
husband is though. This concept has frustrated me, and I realize now that it is
because it is not even biblical. Let’s get it straight; the minister is the
husband, and the wife is his support period!
