THE STORY BEHIND

As a young ministers wife, I had a strong desire to have a relationship with and older pastor’s wife  who had walked the road and will be able to counsel me on what  to do and what not to do, what to expect, what was acceptable and desirable and what was not.  I looked forward and dreamt about weekends when I would pack an overnight case and arrive at this mentor’s home to sit at her feet to learn all I could about being a minister’s wife.
I understood it was an high calling, and I desired to please my master in fulfilling this call, to do all I could to be the pastor’s wife God called me to be.
I kept watching and waiting for this mentor and guide I had dreamed up to materialise, but it seemed I had to wait a long time. As I waited on the Lord regarding this, the Lord spoke to me in the quietness of my heart and asked “ why do YOU not become such an one for other up and coming pastors’ wives”?
Wow! What a mandate. But when the Lord calls, He equips.
Called By His Side was born. It started as a very small group , but increased in number as more and more pastors were added to the church, as their wives became members .  Called By His Side opened up to receive women in ministry as well even though they may not be wives of ministers. By the doing of the Lord,  today ,Called By His Side has branches in Africa, Europe, United Stated of America, The Caribbean, practically wherever a Lighthouse Chapel is located.
In 2008, a year of spirituality and new beginnings as professed by the Presiding Bishop of the Lighthouse Chapel International, Bishop Dag Heward –Mills, Called by His Side now invites all ministers wives from whatever denomination they may be to be a part of what God is doing.
“And other sheep I have , which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and shall become one fold and one shepherd” Jn 10:16.
I do not purport to have attained, but I can say of a truth the Lord has been good. He has been my guide as I have treaded through many unsure waters as a new pastors wife. As you know there are many institutions where both men are women can go to be trained to be ministers of the gospel; but where does a pastor’s wife go to be trained for such a role. There are, as you well know , many different associations for different categories of people, for example, lawyers belong to the bar association, nurses, to the association of registered nurses, teachers, to the national association of teachers, and the list goes on. Where does a pastor’s wife go to find other’s of kindred spirit?
This is what Called by His Side seeks to do; to bring ministers’ wives and women in ministry from all walks of life to as it were to sharpen one another .

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CALLED BY HIS SIDE CONTACTS

USA
LP ELAINE OSEI
email: elainedosei@hotmail.com

UK
LP LINDA ARYEE
email:  ukadmin@daghewardmills.org

AUSTRALIA
LP LILLIAN NSOWAH
email: lnsowah@hotmail.com

SWITZERLAND
LP ANITA BLAVO
email: blavoa@who.int

SOUTH AMERICA
LP JULIET KOBI-FORDAH
EMAIL: nyamenti@hotmail.com

THE CARIBBEAN
LP DR JOYCE WILSON
EMAIL: jafwilson@yahoo.com

ITALY
MRS JOSEPHINA OBENG
EMAIL: phinamanuel@yahoo.com

GERMANY
LP EVA SAM ORHIN
EMAIL: ebensamorhin@yahoo.com

REST OF EUROPE
LP EVA SAM ORHIN
email: eva.sam@kcl.ac.uk

EASTERN AFRICA
LP LILLIAN COMMEY
email: liliancommey@yahoo.com

SOUTHERN AFRICA
LP ELAINE KLUFIO
email: elaine.klufio@lighthousechapel.org

REST OF AFRICA
LP BRIDGETTE MARIAN OGOE
email: firstladysoffice@daghewardmills.org

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