{"id":48801,"date":"2024-11-14T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/?p=48801"},"modified":"2025-11-04T16:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:23:22","slug":"florida-baptist-pastors-wives-honor-karen-green-focus-on-holiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flbaptist.org\/florida-baptist-pastors-wives-honor-karen-green-focus-on-holiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Baptist pastors\u2019 wives honor Karen Green, focus on holiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hundreds of Florida Baptist ministers\u2019 wives gathered Tuesday, Nov. 12, for their annual luncheon during the 2024 Florida Baptist State Convention meeting held at First Baptist Church in Orlando.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ORLANDO\u2014Hundreds of Florida Baptist ministers\u2019 wives gathered Tuesday, Nov. 12, for their annual luncheon during the 2024\u00a0Florida Baptist State Convention<\/a> meeting held at First Baptist Church<\/a> in Orlando.<\/p>\n

Rachel Uth, wife of First Orlando\u2019s David Uth, and Cindy Bradley, catalyst for the Florida Baptist Convention\u2019s\u00a0women\u2019s missions and ministry\/mission education<\/a>, welcomed the women and announced a new initiative for ministers\u2019 wives across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really do want to come right beside our pastors\u2019 wives,\u201d said Bradley. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to announce that beginning in Spring 2025 and Fall 2025 we will have churches host a dinner in each region specifically for pastors\u2019 wives. We hope this helps wives form connections in each region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen Green honored<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the passing of the proverbial baton, Michele Rummage, wife of Stephen Rummage, newly elected executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention<\/a>, presented Karen Green, wife of Tommy Green, recently retired Florida Baptist executive director-treasurer, with the Clyde M. Maguire Award.<\/p>\n

This award, named in honor of the late Clyde Maguire whose husband, John, served as executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention from 1945 to1967, is given annually to a Florida Baptist minister\u2019s wife who has demonstrated faithful use of the gifts God has given her in support of her husband\u2019s ministry and in her own ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very honored to follow Karen Green. I have big shoes to fill,\u201d said Rummage. \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the luncheon, Archalena Coats and other Florida Baptist regional catalyst wives gathered on stage to honor Green for her years of faithfulness and coming \u201cright beside\u201d ministers\u2019 wives across the Sunshine State. In desiring to \u201chonor someone very dear to our hearts\u201d and to send Green off in the \u201cgreatest way possible,\u201d Coats referenced the camaraderie of the Golden Girls.<\/p>\n

As echoes of the Golden Girls theme song, “Thank You for Being a Friend,\u201d filled the room in a 30-second sing-along, laughter and wet eyes soon followed. Complementing the song was an acrostic specialized specifically for Green by Coats.<\/p>\n

\u201cKindness<\/em> flows from her heart, she is always<\/em> serving others, righteousness<\/em> is in her actions and faith in her soul, she is empowered<\/em> in grace, and now<\/em> as she retires her legacy will remain a beacon of love,\u201d said Coats.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t begin to tell you how much you all mean to me,\u201d said Green. \u201cIt has been a joy to serve you \u2026 Ministry is so much easier and such a joy when you do it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

A holy calling<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Focusing on the luncheon\u2019s theme, A Holy Calling, Liz Traylor, wife of Ted Traylor, senior pastor of Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, used humor and rhetorical questions to call the women to pursue holiness in their service alongside their husbands and in the local church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Focusing on the luncheon\u2019s theme, A Holy Calling, Liz Traylor, wife of Ted Traylor, senior pastor of Olive Baptist Church<\/a> in Pensacola, used humor and rhetorical questions to call the women to pursue holiness in their service alongside their husbands and in the local church. Warning those in attendance about the temptation of a \u201cdelusional sense of omnipotence\u201d and \u201cunrealistic expectations,\u201d she urged pastors\u2019 wives to keep their eyes on Jesus\u2014and not on \u201call the things that we think need to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a whole lot of things we do and a lot of things we think that need to be done at church,\u201d she said. \u201cBut God\u2019s not impressed with all the things we can do for Him; He just wants us.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also reminded attendees that the answer for \u201call of life and godliness\u201d is the Word of God\u2014urging women to read and study their Bibles, pray and pursue holiness.<\/p>\n

\u201cOpen and read the Bible and allow it to teach you how to be holy,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can all quote Hebrews 4:12. But how many of us actually pick up the Bible and allow it to teach us and to slice us?\u201d<\/p>\n

When afflictions and suffering come\u2014because they will come\u2014Traylor said to lean on God\u2019s Word even more.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it had not been for the Word of the Lord, we probably wouldn\u2019t be in ministry today,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are some things that you will only learn through the darkness, suffering and the hidden things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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