CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study.
This study examined the discrimination of female minister. The Assemblies of God Nigeria
especially in Edo District’s position on female minister do not favour them with
key leadership position in the church,
but instead puts them in the minority compare to other denominations.[1]
Female ministers are diligent, steadfast, hard-working and can deliver at the
same frequency of the male counterpart.
A female minister is a person ordained and authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community. The term is taken from Latin minister ("servant", "attendant"), which itself was derived from minus ("less").[2]
There
is perhaps no more hotly debated issue in the church today than the issue of
women serving as pastors. It is very important to not see this issue as men
versus women. There are women who believe women should not serve as pastors and
that the Bible places restrictions on the ministry of women, and there are men
who believe women can serve as pastors and that there are no restrictions on
women in ministry. Supernatural manifestations and gifts of the Holy Spirit
have played a distinctive role in the origin, development, and growth of the
Assemblies of God especially Edo District.
The gifts God
gives to female minister ends up in a container, which have made our male
ministers in the ministry to discriminate and underestimate the capacity of
female ministers to perform. Today,
female ministers have not be given opportunity to be a minister of a church,
District Superintendent among others because of discrimination. This study therefore, will proffer measures
to remedy this discrepancies among female ministers in Edo District.
1.3 Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this study was to examine the
discrimination on female ministers in Assemblies of God church Nigeria: Edo
District as a case study. It will also explore the entailment of female ministers;
examine the qualities of female ministers in Edo District; investigate the
causes of the discrimination of female ministers in Edo District and proffer
workable measures to the eradication of discrimination of female ministers in
Edo District.
1.4 Research Questions
1. Who is a female
ministers?
2. What are the qualities of female ministers in
Edo District?
3. Are there discrimination of female ministers
in Edo District?
4. Are there workable measures to the
eradication of discrimination of female ministers in Edo District?
1.5 Significance of the Study.
This study is of
immense benefit to female and male ministers of the gospel, Assemblies of God
Leadership, general overseers, theologians, researchers because it will examine
the discrimination on female ministers in Assemblies of God church Nigeria: Edo
District as a case study.
To
the female and male ministers of the gospel, it will remove the discrepancies
and discrimination among them. To the Assemblies of God Leadership, it will
unveil to them that female ministers are also endowed and empower with
spiritual gifts for the profiting of the ministry, for spiritual gifts is given
to everyone to profit with thou. To the general overseers, it will broaden
their knowledge on how to post female ministers in key leadership position in
their ministry. To the theologians, it will increase their perspective and
knowledge on how female ministers are discriminated and the way forward. And to
the researchers, it will create a platform for going into further studying on
female ministers.
1.6
Research procedure
This
research is carried out in Assemblies of God Edo District. The study used the library and field
design which incorporates a questionnaires method of
operations and were
administered to respondents. Data was collected and
analyzed to measure the discrimination of female ministers: a case study of
Assemblies of God Edo District.
1.7 Delimitation of the study.
The delimitation
of the study was centered on discrimination on female ministers in Assemblies
of God church Nigeria: Edo District as a case study. Edo district is located in
Oredo local government area, Edo state.
1.8 Definition of Terms.
Discrimination:
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of
different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Female:
is a person who a call a girl or a woman.
Minister:
in regard to Christian, is a person who
preach and teach the word of God.
Female
ministers: A female minister is a person who
conducts religious services and performs other spiritual responsibilities
associated with his duties.
CHAPTER
TWO
REVIEW
OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter review literature that are related to the research
study...........
CHAPTER
THREE
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
This chapter captures the methodology and procedure
applied to gather relevant information for this research study. It comprises of
research design, population and sampling, research instrument, validity of
the Instrument, administration of instrument and method of data collection and
analysis......
CHAPTER
FOUR
PRESENTATION
AND ANALYSIS OF DATA AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
The focus of this chapter is to present the findings
obtained from the data collected and to discuss the analysis made out of the
research questions.......
CHAPTER
FIVE
SUMMARY,
CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES
This chapter consists of summary, conclusion,
recommendations and suggestions for further studies which is as follows:.…...
[1]Blumhofer
Edith L. Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism,
and American Leadership Dynamics International, 1986), 155.
[2]Alexander,
Souter. Shepherd J.N. TH.D; Pastoral Ministry, (Expository Times 2015), 121.
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