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| Ministerial Ordination and Gender Inequality in Selected Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria
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Professor C.C. Okereke and Dr. Okoroafor, Sunday Adiele
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Abstract:
The discourse on the place and role of women in society has remained one contentious issue. The importance of women in every sphere of the society cannot be overemphasized, but women have in most cases been neglected and, in few cases, relegated to play a second and diminutive role. Most unfortunately, this is the case in our Christian organisations in Nigeria, especially among the Pentecostal Churches. The central objective of this paper is to discuss ministerial ordination and gender inequality among the Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria. The method of data collection is secondary with historical and descriptive research designs. It applies content and documentary data analysis. The study is a non-statistical based, but with simple percentage illustrations where necessary. One key finding of the paper shows that of all the five Pentecostal Churches discussed; it is only Deeper Life Bible Church that states unequivocally that women cannot be ordained pastors. The paper concludes that none ordination of female pastors by other Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria, apart from Christ Embassy is a matter of the none or poor policy implementation of their policies; that is characteristic of the Nigerian society. It therefore recommended that we must not neglect our calling as Christian men and women; to serve God and to do so in line with what we know to be true from the Bible. Hence, women in Pentecostal Churches can find the same rich fulfillment in serving their God and Christ as did by the notable ministers in the Old and New Testaments.
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