The first woman preacher I remember was Sister Katie Campbell. Almost yearly she would come to my father\u2019s church in South Norfolk, Virginia, to hold revivals. She came so often that she became \u201cAunt Katie\u201d to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In those days, evangelists usually stayed in the homes of host pastors. Sister Katie was known for her encouraging ministry with people, preaching the Word and singing. As a young boy I remember her because she paid attention to me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Into my teenage years I would receive a birthday card from her with a stick of chewing gum taped to the inside. Little did I know I would have the privilege of being mentored as a pastor by her son, Rev. Carl L. Campbell!<\/span><\/p>\n At the 6th IPHC Global Assembly held in late February in Santiago, Chile, I heard Pastor Joanne Wong from the Wing Kwong IPHC in Hong Kong preach on the IPHC as \u201cA Place of Hope.\u201d To my knowledge, she was the first IPHC woman to preach in the pulpit of the Jotabeche Church, the Evangelical Cathedral of Chile.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In her message from Titus 2:11-14, she spoke of \u201cThe Coaching of Saying \u2018No,\u2019\u201d and \u201cThe Coaching of Saying \u2018Yes.\u2019\u201d Her message was well prepared, exegetically sound and powerfully delivered.\u00a0 Dr. Wong’s presence and message to the global IPHC family was a visible reminder of our gratitude that the Holy Spirit continues to be poured out on us through His daughters and maidservants (see Joel 2:28, 2; Acts 2:17, 18).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve stood on the sacred grounds of Happy Valley cemetery in Hong Kong, where the hills have numerous tombstones marking \u201cA Pentecostal Missionary\u201d who came after 1906 to live and die among the Chinese. One of those was the grave marker of IPHC missionary Anna M. Deane, who died August 12, 1918.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Deane\u2019s younger niece, Anna Deane Cole, had served with her in Hong Kong for seven years. They are part of the IPHC\u2019s first fruits of many women who have obeyed the Lord and served as ministers in China, Africa, India, Latin America and Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Today, through The Awakening, many young IPHC women are responding to the missionary call and faithfully serving Jesus. The good news is that they are coming from different countries, different languages and cultures, and all are committed to be a Place of Hope and a People of Promise. IPHC minister Lee Grady is also a strong global advocate for women through his ministry, The Mordecai Project.<\/span><\/p>\n In the United States, it is a joy to discover large numbers of women who are pastoring IPHC congregations. Some are co-pastoring with their husbands. Many more are either single or have the support of their husbands as they serve as senior pastors. From what I have gathered, the largest block of women pastors is probably in the Appalachian Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m grateful for the support and opportunities these women receive from their leadership. I am also very thankful for the godly women pastors who served growing and effective churches when I was superintendent in Georgia.<\/span><\/p>\n Today the Holy Spirit is raising up a new generation of younger women who are faithfully preparing themselves for ministry in our churches. Some, like Karen Lucas in North Carolina, are in seminary and serving in a local congregation. Others, like Samantha McCutcheon in South Carolina, are serving as evangelists who inspire people of all ages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In my closing message at the 6th Global Assembly in Chile, I mentioned what I believe to be five of the key things we must do as we prepare for Arise 2033, the 2000th commemoration of the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The first three are most relevant to this article.<\/span><\/p>\n First, we must pray the Lord of the harvest for the largest wave of Christian workers, missionaries, pastors, evangelists, teachers and apostles that we have ever seen. I truly believe that in this dark world the Holy Spirit is working in undetected ways preparing a great host of laborers for this harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n Secondly, for the next 14 years every pastor, evangelist, teacher and denominational executive must preach on the call to serve and extend the invitation to new leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Third, we must equip and release those God is calling for their maximum impact as they obey the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n While none of us can call someone into the ministry (that is solely the work of the Holy Spirit), we nonetheless can talk about that call, extend the call, walk with those who are discerning God\u2019s call and mentor those who are responding. We need all those the Lord will send into His harvest fields.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Women are a vital part of extending and responding to this call. Over the next 11 years and around the globe, our prayer is that thousands of women in the IPHC will arise to the call of Jesus and enter the various fields of service where He leads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We as a movement welcome them to serve among us. We celebrate their spiritual gifts and value their contribution as we fulfill the Great Commission. Let us pray that the women will arise! <\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/span>This article was first published in Encourage<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[774,3,305,1,610],"tags":[618,108,37,149,572,289,684],"class_list":{"0":"post-3575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arise2033","8":"category-bishops-blog","9":"category-encourage-magazine","10":"category-general","11":"category-justice","12":"tag-618","13":"tag-bishop-doug-beacham","14":"tag-encourage","15":"tag-encourage-magazine","16":"tag-justice","17":"tag-march","18":"tag-women-in-ministry","19":"entry"},"title_es":"Oramos por una nueva generaci\u00f3n de mujeres predicadoras","content_es":"
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\r\n\r\nLa primera mujer predicadora que recuerdo fue la hermana Katie Campbell. Casi todos los a\u00f1os, ella ven\u00eda a la iglesia de mi padre en South Norfolk, Virginia, para celebrar avivamientos. Ella ven\u00eda tan a menudo que se convirti\u00f3 en \"t\u00eda Katie\" para m\u00ed.<\/span> En aquellos d\u00edas, los evangelistas sol\u00edan quedarse en las casas de los pastores anfitriones. La hermana Katie era conocida por su ministerio alentador con las personas, predicando la Palabra y cantando. Cuando era ni\u00f1o, la recuerdo porque me prest\u00f3 atenci\u00f3n.<\/span> En mi adolescencia recib\u00ed de ella una tarjeta de cumplea\u00f1os con un chicle pegado al interior. \u00a1Poco sab\u00eda que tendr\u00eda el privilegio de ser mentoreado como pastor por su hijo, el Reverendo Carl L. Campbell!<\/span> En la sexta Asamblea Mundial de la IPHC celebrada a fines de febrero en Santiago de Chile, escuch\u00e9 a la Pastora Joanne Wong del Wing Kwong de la IPHC en Hong Kong predicar sobre la IPHC como \"Un lugar de esperanza\". Seg\u00fan mi conocimiento, fue la primera mujer de la IPHC Predicar en el p\u00falpito de la Iglesia Jotabeche, la Catedral Evang\u00e9lica de Chile.<\/span> En su mensaje de Tito 2: 11-14, habl\u00f3 de \"El coaching de decir 'No' 'y' El coaching de decir 'S\u00ed'\". Su mensaje estaba bien preparado, exeg\u00e9ticamente s\u00f3lido y poderosamente entregado. La presencia y el mensaje del Dr. Wong a la familia de IPHC global fue un recordatorio visible de nuestra gratitud de que el Esp\u00edritu Santo contin\u00faa siendo derramado sobre nosotros a trav\u00e9s de Sus hijas y sirvientas (ver Joel 2:28, 2; Hechos 2:17, 18) .<\/span> Me par\u00e9 en los terrenos sagrados del cementerio Happy Valley en Hong Kong, donde las colinas tienen numerosas l\u00e1pidas que marcan \"Un misionero pentecostal\" que vino despu\u00e9s de 1906 para vivir y morir entre los chinos. Uno de ellos fue el marcador de la misionera de la IPHC Anna M. Deane, quien falleci\u00f3 el 12 de agosto de 1918.<\/span> La sobrina menor de Deane, Anna Deane Cole, hab\u00eda servido con ella en Hong Kong durante siete a\u00f1os. Son parte de los primeros frutos de la IPHC de muchas mujeres que han obedecido al Se\u00f1or y han servido como ministros en China, \u00c1frica, India, Am\u00e9rica Latina y Europa.<\/span> Hoy, a trav\u00e9s de The Awakening, muchas mujeres j\u00f3venes de IPHC est\u00e1n respondiendo al llamado misionero y sirviendo fielmente a Jes\u00fas. La buena noticia es que vienen de diferentes pa\u00edses, diferentes idiomas y culturas, y todos est\u00e1n comprometidos a ser un Lugar de Esperanza y una Gente Prometida. El ministro de IPHC, Lee Grady, tambi\u00e9n es un fuerte defensor mundial de las mujeres a trav\u00e9s de su ministerio, The Mordecai Project.<\/span> En los Estados Unidos, es un placer descubrir a un gran n\u00famero de mujeres que est\u00e1n pastoreando las congregaciones de la IPHC. Algunos son pastores con sus esposos. Muchos m\u00e1s son solteros o cuentan con el apoyo de sus esposos mientras sirven como pastores principales. De lo que he reunido, el bloque m\u00e1s grande de pastoras est\u00e1 probablemente en la Conferencia de los Apalaches.<\/span> Estoy agradecido por el apoyo y las oportunidades que estas mujeres reciben de su liderazgo. Tambi\u00e9n estoy muy agradecido por las pastoras piadosas que sirvieron en iglesias crecientes y efectivas cuando era superintendente en Georgia.<\/span> Hoy, el Esp\u00edritu Santo est\u00e1 levantando una nueva generaci\u00f3n de mujeres j\u00f3venes que se est\u00e1n preparando fielmente para el ministerio en nuestras iglesias. Algunos, como Karen Lucas en Carolina del Norte, est\u00e1n en un seminario y prestan servicio en una congregaci\u00f3n local. Otros, como Samantha McCutcheon en Carolina del Sur, sirven como evangelistas que inspiran a personas de todas las edades.<\/span> En mi mensaje final en la 6\u00aa Asamblea Mundial en Chile, mencion\u00e9 lo que creo que son cinco de las cosas clave que debemos hacer en los pr\u00f3ximos 14 a\u00f1os, mientras nos preparamos para Arise 2033, la conmemoraci\u00f3n 2000 de la muerte, resurrecci\u00f3n y ascensi\u00f3n de Jes\u00fas y el env\u00edo del Esp\u00edritu Santo en Pentecost\u00e9s. Los tres primeros son los m\u00e1s relevantes para este art\u00edculo.<\/span> Primero, debemos orar al Se\u00f1or de la mies por la ola m\u00e1s grande de obreros cristianos, misioneros, pastores, evangelistas, maestros y ap\u00f3stoles que jam\u00e1s hayamos visto. Realmente creo que en este mundo oscuro el Esp\u00edritu Santo est\u00e1 trabajando de manera no detectada, preparando una gran cantidad de trabajadores para esta cosecha.<\/span> En segundo lugar, durante los pr\u00f3ximos 14 a\u00f1os, cada pastor, evangelista, maestro y ejecutivo denominacional debe predicar sobre el llamado a servir y extender la invitaci\u00f3n a los nuevos l\u00edderes.<\/span> Tercero, debemos equipar y liberar a aquellos que Dios est\u00e1 pidiendo su m\u00e1ximo impacto al obedecer al Esp\u00edritu Santo.<\/span> Si bien ninguno de nosotros puede llamar a alguien al ministerio (que es \u00fanicamente la obra del Esp\u00edritu Santo), a\u00fan podemos hablar sobre ese llamado, extender el llamado, caminar con aquellos que est\u00e1n discerniendo el llamado de Dios y guiar a los que est\u00e1n respondiendo. Necesitamos a todos aquellos que el Se\u00f1or enviar\u00e1 a sus campos de cosecha.<\/span> Las mujeres son una parte vital de extender y responder a este llamado. Durante los pr\u00f3ximos 14 a\u00f1os y en todo el mundo, nuestra oraci\u00f3n es que miles de mujeres en la IPHC se presenten al llamado de Jes\u00fas y entren en los diversos campos de servicio donde \u00c9l dirige.<\/span> Nosotros como movimiento les damos la bienvenida para que sirvan entre nosotros. Celebramos sus dones espirituales y valoramos su contribuci\u00f3n al cumplir con la Gran Comisi\u00f3n. \u00a1Oremos para que surjan las mujeres!<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n
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