Texas Pastor Disallows Women From Wearing Weaves To Church
This is an uncommon demand from a pastor but anything is possible when it comes to rules in the church whether for the congregation's good or for public drama. We are not sure if this pastor is looking for attention but let's see why he says he has banned the women in his church from wearing weaves in his church.
Pastor A.J. Aamir of Waco, TX says women in his church who wear weaves are unacceptable. As the pastor of The Resurrecting Faith church, he states weaves reflect a false image of women and promotes low self-esteem:
“Our black women are getting weaves trying to be something and someone they are not. Be real with yourself is all I’m saying” said Pastor Aamir.Pastor Aamir was raised up in a very strict Islamic household and these are the beliefs he was grounded on. He says women should not so concerned with their appearance as they are developing their intellect and wisdom:
“Long hair don’t care. What kind of mess is that? I don’t want my members so focused on what’s on their heads and not IN their heads.” “I lead a church where our members are struggling financially. I mean really struggling. “Yet, a 26 year old mother in my church has a $300 weave on her head. NO. I will not be quiet about this.”
We have to agree with him. We think that weaves, for one is a false perception of what women really look like. Also, it ruins the entire hair shaft where complete hair loss is inevitable. We agree that some women pay too much for getting their hair done in an upward amounts of $1000. Who can really pay their bills and take care of their children when they care more about their hair than anything else? We feel there are other ways of taking care of ones hair then frivolously throwing away money that can be saved for more productive things.
We are not downing women who do spend a lot of money on their hair; to each her own. We do see why in this instance, so many women are going natural. It's better for their hair, promotes high self esteem, self-acceptance and costs less!
We are not sure how successful the pastor will be in convincing some women from wearing them. By law, he can't tell a woman not to wear a weave. We also want to say that some women say they grow hair with weaves but not sure how many really get good results from that technique.
What do you think? Is the pastor right with the points he made or should women be able to wear what they want?
