Ricky Dillard Defends a Female's Right to Lead and Preach in the Church
Ricky Dillard may be known for being a renowned choral master, but now the veteran recording artist is taking a stand in the debate about women's place in church.
Dillard, 50, took to his social media page recently to invite people to participate in the conversation about women placed in leadership positions within the church. The choir director took to Facebook to question if people should revisit the notion that women cannot act as pastors in some churches that uphold traditional values.
"Why are women able to run the house, in the absence of a male, care for & raise the children, work & pay bills, but not allowed to pastor, preach & often times SERVE in many churches? Do we need to revisit this," Dillard wrote on his Facebook page. "Is it still appropriate? I'm just asking. What say ye? #RealTalkWithRicky."
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Dillard is not the only person defending women against those who believe they should not be preachers. Deitrick Haddon, the minister and gospel singer who appeared on the Oxygen docu-series "Preachers of L.A.," recently defended women preaching in the pulpit after the debate was sparked on the Oxygen mini-series "Preachers of Detroit."
"I say men and women are equal when it comes to spiritual authority in ministry! My mother has been preaching, prophesying and working hard along side my father in the church all my life," Haddon said on Instagram. "My mother never got it twisted. When she went home she was a mother, a wife and never tried to be the man of the house or took her spiritual position into our home."
Haddon went on to further insert his opinion on the matter by saying, "I say yes to a female pastor, bishop or whatever office God calls her to if she can respect her husband as the pastor of her home."
