Philosophy Paper
Rebecca Clark
Professor Carol King
Women in Christian Ministries
1 April 2013
Philosophy Paper When I think about a philosophy for my ministry I simply think about what I live by. I want my life to be a life that reflects that of Christ. When people look at me do they see Him? I want to teach and train other women to love and serve the Lord and their husbands with a heart of compassion and submission. I also want to help encourage them to further the gospel within their own communities. There are quite a few verses that I would establish as my foundation for my ministry and what is most important in this ministry. The first verse I think of is Titus 2:3-5 where Paul writes and it says, “In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good, so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.” I truly believe this is a great example of what discipleship looks like between one woman to another. I believe that we as a younger generation need to step up and look and find a woman in the older generation who can take us under their wing and minister to us. Teach us all they know on how to be a mother and a wife. That way when we get married or even if we are a young married we will have some guidance in what we are doing. I also believe this passage shares with us about how to be women who live above reproach. Another passage is Ephesians 5:22-32 where it says, “Wives,submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives,just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her to make her holy, cleansing her
Professor Carol King
Women in Christian Ministries
1 April 2013
Philosophy Paper When I think about a philosophy for my ministry I simply think about what I live by. I want my life to be a life that reflects that of Christ. When people look at me do they see Him? I want to teach and train other women to love and serve the Lord and their husbands with a heart of compassion and submission. I also want to help encourage them to further the gospel within their own communities. There are quite a few verses that I would establish as my foundation for my ministry and what is most important in this ministry. The first verse I think of is Titus 2:3-5 where Paul writes and it says, “In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good, so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.” I truly believe this is a great example of what discipleship looks like between one woman to another. I believe that we as a younger generation need to step up and look and find a woman in the older generation who can take us under their wing and minister to us. Teach us all they know on how to be a mother and a wife. That way when we get married or even if we are a young married we will have some guidance in what we are doing. I also believe this passage shares with us about how to be women who live above reproach. Another passage is Ephesians 5:22-32 where it says, “Wives,submit to your own husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so wives are to submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives,just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her to make her holy, cleansing her