CCC - ENewsletter - January 2017

Warning to Ministers, Their Wives, and Mistresses
BOOK REVIEW

By Stanley O. Williford
Director of Publications

One bishop’s mistress wrote: “I have started having an affair with a married man who happens to be an ordained bishop. I tell myself that everyone does it; then I ask the Lord to please forgive me, and I try to move on with my life. But I keep going back on . . . the forgiveness the Lord has extended to me many times. I can’t seem to say no to the bishop’s attention to me.”

Another mistress wrote: “When I became separated from my husband, who was a leader of the church and later left, my pastor and prophet started an intimate relationship with me. At first I was very hesitant, but what he said made sense. And so, I fell in love. I now realize it was not love.”

So go the letters, calls and pleas to Dr. Betty R. Price from conscience-stricken mistresses. But there are also letters and calls from distraught wives of ministers who were aware that their husbands were having affairs and didn’t know how to respond. These incidents happened so often over the years that Dr. Betty felt compelled to put their concerns in this book, called Warning to Ministers, Their Wives, and Mistresses: Avoid the Road to Destruction.

“There is far too much infidelity and careless living in the body of Christ,” Dr. Betty writes, warning ministers that “. . . leaders need to make rules and set boundaries for themselves. As a leader you are going to be approached by women and you will be tempted to approach women. You do not have to yield to the temptations.”
“Too many ministers fall victim to infidelity and immoral living, and it grieves my spirit,” she writes. “If you love God you should want to obey God.”

However, it’s not always the male minister who is the aggressor. Sometimes it is a female parishioner.

In Chapter 3, Dr. Betty relates a trap that all ministers and their wives should understand. It is a personal story about a woman who seemed to always have something to say to Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, who was then pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center.
“During this time a young woman came to our ministry, and she was ever so spiritual,” writes Dr. Betty. “You have to be careful about these so-called spiritual women. She always had words for Apostle Price. She was telling him stuff all the time. She was at every church service, and every time a service was over she was right there in front of him. Nobody else could talk to him. She finally got our telephone number and started calling the house and continued telling him stories about what God was saying to her.”

“Now, I know myself; I don’t have any jealousy in me, but this woman’s behavior was a little inordinate. It was beyond regular Christian love. My husband could not see it at the time because he was not interested in her sexually, but I could see that she was going to trap him another way.”

Dr. Betty’s threat to stop attending church with her husband brought an end to the matter, and Pastor Price eventually thanked her for making a stand, “even though he thought it was a good spiritual relationship.”

She writes of situations where some ministers enjoy flirting with women and “many actually have affairs and children are born as a result of the affairs.”

In Chapter 4, Dr. Betty advises wives of ministers who have affairs not to try to hide the fact that their husband are unfaithful but to speak up even if it may cost him his job. “You do not need to have all your trust in man, even if it is your husband,” she advises.

“Wives should not stand for that; they should not be so afraid that they are not going to be taken care of. Women, let me remind you that God is your source. Stand for righteousness, because the end of unholy and immoral living is not good.”

Chapter 5 deals with the effect immoral behavior by pastors and ministers has on their offspring. Many of their children turn away from the church. “Ministers should live a life above reproach,” she writes.

There are also chapters added by Dr. Betty’s firstborn, Mrs. Angela M. Evans, who writes on “Avoiding the Sex Trap”; and another chapter titled “Do You Want to Be Free?” by Minnie Claiborne, Ph.D, Lh.D.

Every minister of God (and single woman on a spiritual prowl) should have this hardback in his or her library, and its pages should be well worn from the many times it has been read.

https://store.crenshawchristiancenter.net/p-4674-a-warning-to-ministers-their-wives-and-their-mistresses.aspx



*Warning to Ministers, Their Wives, and Mistresses* BOOK REVIEW By Stanley O. Williford Director of Publications One bishop’s mistress wrote: “I have started having an affair with a married man who happens to be an ordained bishop. I tell myself that everyone does it; then I ask the Lord to please forgive me, and I try to move on with my life. But I keep going back on . . . the forgiveness the Lord has extended to me many times. I can’t seem to say no to the bishop’s attention to me.” Another mistress wrote: “When I became separated from my husband, who was a leader of the church and later left, my pastor and prophet started an intimate relationship with me. At first I was very hesitant, but what he said made sense. And so, I fell in love. I now realize it was not love.” So go the letters, calls and pleas to Dr. Betty R. Price from conscience-stricken mistresses. But there are also letters and calls from distraught wives of ministers who were aware that their husbands were having affairs and didn’t know how to respond. These incidents happened so often over the years that Dr. Betty felt compelled to put their concerns in this book, called Warning to Ministers, Their Wives, and Mistresses: Avoid the Road to Destruction. “There is far too much infidelity and careless living in the body of Christ,” Dr. Betty writes, warning ministers that “. . . leaders need to make rules and set boundaries for themselves. As a leader you are going to be approached by women and you will be tempted to approach women. You do not have to yield to the temptations.” “Too many ministers fall victim to infidelity and immoral living, and it grieves my spirit,” she writes. “If you love God you should want to obey God.” However, it’s not always the male minister who is the aggressor. Sometimes it is a female parishioner. In Chapter 3, Dr. Betty relates a trap that all ministers and their wives should understand. It is a personal story about a woman who seemed to always have something to say to Apostle Frederick K.C. Price, who was then pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center. “During this time a young woman came to our ministry, and she was ever so spiritual,” writes Dr. Betty. “You have to be careful about these so-called spiritual women. She always had words for Apostle Price. She was telling him stuff all the time. She was at every church service, and every time a service was over she was right there in front of him. Nobody else could talk to him. She finally got our telephone number and started calling the house and continued telling him stories about what God was saying to her.” “Now, I know myself; I don’t have any jealousy in me, but this woman’s behavior was a little inordinate. It was beyond regular Christian love. My husband could not see it at the time because he was not interested in her sexually, but I could see that she was going to trap him another way.” Dr. Betty’s threat to stop attending church with her husband brought an end to the matter, and Pastor Price eventually thanked her for making a stand, “even though he thought it was a good spiritual relationship.” She writes of situations where some ministers enjoy flirting with women and “many actually have affairs and children are born as a result of the affairs.” In Chapter 4, Dr. Betty advises wives of ministers who have affairs not to try to hide the fact that their husband are unfaithful but to speak up even if it may cost him his job. “You do not need to have all your trust in man, even if it is your husband,” she advises. “Wives should not stand for that; they should not be so afraid that they are not going to be taken care of. Women, let me remind you that God is your source. Stand for righteousness, because the end of unholy and immoral living is not good.” Chapter 5 deals with the effect immoral behavior by pastors and ministers has on their offspring. Many of their children turn away from the church. “Ministers should live a life above reproach,” she writes. There are also chapters added by Dr. Betty’s firstborn, Mrs. Angela M. Evans, who writes on “Avoiding the Sex Trap”; and another chapter titled “Do You Want to Be Free?” by Minnie Claiborne, Ph.D, Lh.D. Every minister of God (and single woman on a spiritual prowl) should have this hardback in his or her library, and its pages should be well worn from the many times it has been read. https://store.crenshawchristiancenter.net/p-4674-a-warning-to-ministers-their-wives-and-their-mistresses.aspx

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