Preacher's Wife Interview

There comes a time when you call a preacher's wife.

There is certain things that you have to have respect on.

But I didn't have respect this time.

I asked her.

Never mind.

Hello.

Hello, I'm trying to reach a uh sister Angela, Sister Angela.

This is she.

How are you doing?

My name is Brother Clayton.

I'm calling you from uh greatest

Baptist Church.

How you doing this morning?

Oh, I I'm fine, I'm fine.

Good to hear from you, brother.

Yeah, listen, I I know that um your husband, Reverend uh Reverend Jonathan is is actually uh one of the candidates that we may be choosing to be our pastor since our past pastor has stepped down.

Yes, yes, yes.

I'm I'm I'm very proud of my husband.

Um uh I think he'll make a very good candidate as a matter of fact.

Here at the church we've been asking uh a lot of the deacons and and and um assistant uh uh ministers here have been asking different questions, different things that they would be doing once they uh became pastor, you know, like your first one hundred days, what would you try and change here at the church or try and make better, so to speak.

Yeah.

Did but what we my husband, he's not here right now.

Did you need to speak to him?

No, not right now.

What what we decided to do, uh uh sister Angela is actually call the wives and ask them a few questions.

Oh, okay, that's a little different.

Uh sure.

And we don't we don't want to take up too much of your time.

You know, a l a lot of times uh if a pastor is stressed at home, nine times out of ten he's likely to be stressed at the church.

So I I guess my my my biggest question to you is, is your husband stressed at home?

Uh no, not that I know of.

I he eats regularly, he's on a good diet, you know, he gets his goes to the doctor regularly, gets his physical, um pretty good at home.

I don't have a reason to believe that he's stressed and I he certainly hasn't brought anything to my attention.

Okay, no, I don't I don't I don't I don't I don't um I don't think you follow me.

Sister sister Angela, what I'm saying is is is he's stressed behind closed doors.

Is he stressed in in that fashion?

Um

I'm not I'm not too sure I follow you.

You say behind closed doors.

What is what exactly did you mean by that?

Is is he Is he stressed uh uh i i in in y'all's relations is he stressed?

Are you asking me about my personal business brother?

Well what I'm saying is if he's stressed at home, he'll be stressed at the church.

And if he's stressed at the church, then the members are stressed, then the congregation is stressed, so the stress starts with you.

Uh excuse me?

If you are making sure that he's all right at home, he's gonna be all right at the church.

Um I'm sorry, brother.

What what was your name?

Brother Clayton.

Brother Clayton.

I appreciate you um conducting whatever interviews you guys need to conduct with the candidates' wives.

Uh I do think that's uh pretty much personal territory, and I really don't want to answer those kind of questions.

It's it's it's not personal, Sister Angela, when it's so many other people involved.

See, that's why I'm asking you the question, is your man stressed behind Brother Clayton.

I could assure you that my husband is not stressed at home if I get your drift.

He is not stressed behind closed doors, brother.

And I would appreciate you if you don't call with these kind of questions.

Are you asking other candidates why these kind of questions?

Well, uh, I was the one uh uh uh uh dedicated to call to give you a call, and that's the question that I decide to come up with because I want to know if a man is gonna be stressed, because if he's gonna have tension at at the church, then then the congregation's gonna have tension.

The church is gonna have tension, and the church cannot move forward in the direction on which.

Brother Clayton, my husband and I have been married twenty-five years, and they've been twenty-five good years, if you get my drift, okay?

He is not stressed at home.

And whatever goes on at home, my husband has sense enough not to take it to the church.

That is not something he's gonna do.

So you don't have to worry about anybody else being stressed at the congregation, in the pulpit, nowhere, okay?

We have our stuff together at home, and I appreciate if you don't ask me those kind of questions.

Now you're sometimes just ask me.

Well, sometimes uh uh uh a woman does not realize that that a husband Husband is stressed.

You understand?

So how can you get your phone matter of fact?

Let me get your full name.

What's your first name?

Let's just go with Brother Clayton right now.

Could you please answer this question?

How can you guarantee that he is fully not stressed?

Brother Clayton?

Let me call on the Lord real quick.

Hold on.

Brother Clayton, I'm an honorable woman.

Yes.

I'm a woman who stands by my man.

Okay?

But you are asking me some questions that's uh very personal, very private, very confidential.

You are asking me questions that that that are uh a question of the sanctity of my marriage, okay?

My husband is not stressed.

And if I need to be real clear, I don't send him away from my home stressed.

Okay.

How do you not know?

But what are you doing to make sure that it's less stressed?

Brother Clayton, I'm about to end this phone call, okay?

Now if you I'm not gonna try to do that.

No, we're not gonna end this phone call until we know we I need to know that Reverend Jonathan is not stressed at home.

They put they assigned me to talk to you, and that's what I'm going to do.

And I'm gonna leave.

Okay.

He is not stressed.

I don't know who told you that.

The man is not stressed.

Is he acting stressed around you?

He's not acting stressed at home.

I bet you I bet you he's stressed because you're stressing me right now.

Now we're both stressed out.

How can we understand that that man is not stressed?

That that's the end of this conversation.

Do you understand me?

Give me your full name right now.

Give me some intimate details and then I'll give you my number.

If this is gonna cost him the candidacy, then so be it.

We'll find another church.

I'd have some choice words for you right now.

Ooh, Brother Clayton.

I will give you my name right now.

Do you have a pen?

Yes.

I'm gonna write it right now.

The letter N, N is in Nancy.

Nancy.

E.

Mm.

P You You're moving slow.

What I know how to spell now.

Talk up fasting.

N E P H E W.

What kind of name is that?

Nephew, your name is Nephew Clayton?

My name ain't Nephew Clayton.

My name is Nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

You just got pranked by your husband, Reverend Jonathan.

Hold on.

You said this is Nephew Tommy.

This is nephew.

Oh my God.

From the Steve Harvey morning show.

Your husband got me to prank phone call you.

Oh Lord, I'm gonna kill that.

Oh Lord, I don't mean that.

I don't mean that.

Oh my y'all didn't stress me.

Y'all stressed me this morning.

I can't believe I let him get me.

You know, I didn't hear these pranks before.

I Oh my God.

Tommy, I will tell you if this was twenty-five years ago, brother, I cussed up a storm.

I'm so glad I'm a saved woman.

Well listen, listen.

Can I ask you one more thing?

Yes.

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