Wife of the founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor Peace Ibiyeomie, has advised married women to be cautious about building close friendships with divorced women who are unwilling to reconcile with their former husbands or remarry.
Speaking during a Mother’s Day service in Rivers State, the cleric said some divorced women often speak negatively about marriage while secretly maintaining relationships with men.
According to her, married women should instead encourage divorced friends or relatives to either reconcile with their former partners where possible or move on to remarry.
“Do not follow a divorcee as your friend even if she is your sister. Teach her, either she reconciles with her husband or she remarries,” she said.
Pastor Ibiyeomie stated that some divorced and single women publicly claim that men are not important, yet continue to engage in romantic and intimate relationships privately.
She revealed that some women had personally admitted to her that despite their public stance against marriage, they still maintain relationships with men and desire to remarry.
“Some of them told me the truth that it is a lie, that even as they are in church, they follow men. One opened up so much to me, that is why she wants to remarry,” she said.
Questioning what she described as contradictions in their actions, the cleric said women who insist that men are not important should not continue seeking relationships secretly.
“They keep saying the man is not important. If he is not important, why are you sleeping with him? So stay on your own if you say a man is not important,” she added.
She further warned women against allowing bitterness from failed marriages to negatively influence other people’s relationships.
“That your marriage is broken does not mean you should break another person’s marriage,” she said.
Pastor Peace Ibiyeomie Advises Married Women Against Close Ties With Bitter Divorcees
