A primary consideration for how a man who is a minister relates to members of the opposite sex, and especially to his wife, is the fact that he serves as an important role model for the males in his congregation. If he fails to properly respect his wife or other women in the church, his attitude will be reflected in time by at least some of the men in the church and frequently even by his own sons. Fortunately, in some instances where the minister has been careless and unethical in relating to the opposite sex, his children have been so deeply grieved by their parents’ unhappiness, they have determined not to make the same mistake.