Pastor Jaye

Thank you! I was called into the ministry by Jesus. It isn’t something that I ever thought he would do for me, my story is long. He placed me in positions that only He could have done to speak with the people I have and taught the people that have come. We are currently in Campground Missions, God called twice! 1st time we learned a valuable lesson, it’s not about us! I came across your blog because a cousin of mine called me a Pastrix. I had to go figure that one out. Then came across a great book called Jesus Feminist. Then the words Equalitarian and Complimentarian. I had never ever run into as many against me as for me Christ followers. I had applied to churches I knew were against women in the pulpit to get a rise out of them and defended women in the ministry. But when it came to my own family, it’s something I have to dig in deeper and set my Word on the Lord. 15 yrs ago, the Lord called me to do something to rock an SBC church, it was with the Worship leader, it was to get the kids moving to praise the Lord during VBS, loud and loving, moving and singing loudly. This opened up the doors to see what else the Lord called. We got stationed overseas (2 of us unhappy about it) and the Bible Club they had shut down because of 9/11, all the airmen were called out. The chapel shut it’s main doors, boarded it’s windows and met anyway. I was ready to rest in the Lord and see what he wanted. It was within 8 weeks and the Lord said, I want you to restart the bible club. WHAT! Within 3 weeks, we had trained 25 leaders, had 75 kids signed up- 3 yrs old to Sr’s in HS. The Lord led amazingly with me in tow. He gave me such a great team of Officers and Airmen! I also became the Liaison for the chapel and spoke and newcomer meetings. When I moved back to the states the Lord placed me in a denominational church that only the Lord could have done because you would have had to drag me in w/o him pushing me. I began seeking the Lord closer and closer and walking with him to bring in kids and parents. We started a first ever in this denom a Bible club. I began to pray, Lord we need this many kids and new leaders tonight, he sent double. As he did this, the rest of the staff marveled at Him! He did that the whole first year, it began to excite people to see the Lord work and allow HIM to enter into their presence. I decided I needed to attend Bible College because I was teaching and it was passionate but so limited. I completed 4 years in 2.5 yrs! God called us out after 5 yrs and said, when I call you out I will no longer be welcomed here, the demons were outside the window laughing as I was praying to the Lord Jesus about what would happen. I cried, I said Lord what do you want me to teach them this final year, He said, Teach them my Word so they can stand on me and know me!” I did and the Lord tagged so many others to teach that year, people that had never cracked open their Bible, bought new ones to prepare and teach with. It was amazing, it changed lives!
It’s been 6 years and we went back to visit a few weeks ago, while most of the staff were out, we talked with someone we worked with, she said they are failing to make budget, ministries have dwindled, they don’t have much longer before they are in a sad state.
So, the point, women are called just as men, and as I begin to dig into it deeper and really see it clearer, I realize that God is God and he calls us into his own, he desires each of us to serve in every aspect, in or out of the church. In our ministry, we are a light in the darkness, a beacon of hope, we don’t have to preach it right now, we have to live it and when they enter into our doors on our work shifts, we hope that they see Jesus in us. Thank you for your blog, I look forward to reading more of it. You can catch our God’ventures at http://campsaintsnowallsministry.blogspot.com