Wife's unbelievable response to Christian husband's cheating

News.com.au23-04-2025

The wife of a Christian pastor who openly admits 'chasing other women' has revealed she would help her husband get ready for dates with his 'side chicks' in a bid to save their marriage.
Reginald Steele, the founder of Kingdom Church in Phoenix, Arizona, and his wife Kelley recently appeared on an episode of the 'Dear Future Wifey' podcast, where they discussed the hardships of their marriage.
During the 1.5 hour conversation with host Laterras Whitfield, the couple, who have been married for 32 years, talked in detail about the highs and lows of their decades-long union – including the pastor's seemingly unwavering penchant for adultery.
But while many women would walk away after countless cheating incidents, Kelley, 52, was determined to keep her vows, leaving many stunned after she revealed the unbelievable lengths she took to stand by her husband.
It was a long road to forgiveness for the high-school sweethearts who said their marriage was riddled with infidelity from the start.
'I was OK with it as long as I was first,' she said, stating there was one rule, that Reginald had to be open and honest about who he was seeing outside of their marriage.
'I'd tell her, 'You're my starter, but I got other ones on the bench',' he told the host.
Eventually though, his extramarital antics wore her down.
Kelley said there was a 'reason' she stuck around, claiming that after seeing her own mother leave her father, she'd vowed to never do the same, believing that if her mum had forgiven him they all would have been able to be together as a family.
Reginald, who said he only committed to Kelley after the pair accidentally fell pregnant, admitted he would also mock his wife for not sharing his faith, telling her she had 'no value and no worth'.
But shortly after tying the knot in 1993, the pastor 'left this 'holy lifestyle'' and went 'back to smoking weed, drinking, chasing women'.
'We would fight. Our house became the party house,' she said, stating their marriage had become so rocky she would be 'chasing him with knives,' 'jumping on hoods of cars,' and 'fighting women'.
At rock bottom, Kelley attempted to leave, but had a change of heart at the last minute after she had a dream that he went back to preaching.
Reginald however said her refusal to walk away meant he had to be 'disciplined and committed', but he didn't want to be either one, so he left.
In the days after he walked out, Kelley recalled 'the enemy' spewing hateful thoughts in her mind like, 'You're not worthy of anything' and 'He'll never love you'.
But, in that moment, Kelley said she turned towards God and that was the changing point in their relationship.
'I had a radical heart shift from that moment. I just completely changed as a person,' she explained.
From that point on, she decided to let her husband stray, and instead of fight him on it – she would help him in an effort to prove she was the loving wife he needed.
'Although he would go out for weekends, I would literally help him get ready to go meet a side chick by ironing his clothes and getting him ready for the night,' she revealed, as her husband nodded while sat beside her.
She said she endured all this because 'I didn't want him to be lost. I wanted him to be in his purpose because of that one dream I had that lasted about two seconds.'
Reginald, 53, backed everything she said up, stating he saw a vast difference in Kelley's behaviour after having her first encounter with God.
He said he saw his wife go from bleaching his clothes and throwing his toothbrush in the toilet, to asking him what he wanted for dinner.
When the host asked why he kept 'going back', he replied: 'She lived down the street, but all my other girlfriends lived 30 minutes away'. She would also feed me and give me money.'
Reginald also claimed Kelley didn't fit his personal 'preferences', stating: 'When I met her she was 175 (79kgs) and I'm used to 125 (57kgs) and she was the wrong colour, so I'm like, 'man you're messing up my whole flow'.'
Since the interview was released last week, it has sent shockwaves through social media, with many horrified at how Reginald openly admits to treating his wife.
'Is having a man really THAT good???' one questioned.
'May this love NEVER EVER find me,' said another.
As one claimed: 'This is a delusion I never want to experience.'
As others pointed out adultery is considered to be a sin within Christianity.
The fierce backlash has prompted the Dear Future Wifey host to respond on its official Instagram page, stating the couple's marriage troubles were in the first 5 years of a 32-year union.
'My mission has always been clear — to increase marriage rates in the Black community and decrease divorce statistics by equipping couples with real tools for lasting love,' Laterras R. Whitfield wrote.
'The Steeles shared their truth with bold transparency, reflecting on challenges from the first 5 years of their 32-year marriage.'

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The Ukrainian military says it has struck a major Russian gunpowder plant in the western Tambov region, causing a fire at the site. The Ukrainian military characterised the plant as one of the main facilities in Russia's military industrial complex. "It produces gunpowder for various types of small arms, artillery and rocket systems," it said in a statement on Telegram. Tambov regional Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said early on Wednesday that Russian defences had repelled a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones on the town of Kotovsk, which independent Russian media identified as the site of a gunpowder plant. He said one downed drone had caused a fire but no casualties, and the situation was under control. Pervyshov also told people not to film and publish images of air defence operations and attempted attacks, as this would provide "direct assistance to the enemy". The Tambov gunpowder plant produces propellant powders used in charges for ammunition for 122 mm and 152 mm howitzers, according to a report from the Royal United Services Institute and the Open Source Centre. The Ukrainian military also said that it recorded explosions at an ammunition depot in Russia's Kursk region and an airfield depot in Russia's Voronezh region. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the incidents. Ukraine accepted the bodies of 1212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the Ukrainian agency dealing with prisoners of war said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia's Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, the agency said. Russia received 27 killed soldiers in return, Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said. "Now they can be laid to rest in a Christian manner," he wrote on Telegram. Russia has for days accused Ukraine of failing to accept the remains, and called on Ukrainian authorities to comply with agreements reached between the warring parties in talks in Istanbul at the beginning of the month. Russia transported the bodies ready for handover over the weekend in what it termed a "humanitarian action" while Ukraine said that no agreement on a handover date had been reached. The Istanbul talks provided for the return of the remains of more than 6000 fallen soldiers from Russia to Ukraine. Work on implementing the Istanbul agreements will continue, Medinsky said, with an exchange of seriously wounded prisoners of war to take place on Thursday. Ukraine and Russia had already exchanged an unspecified number of prisoners in recent days. In Istanbul, it was agreed that each side would release in stages 1200 prisoners - those under 25, the seriously wounded and the seriously ill. Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years. During the war, there have been repeated exchanges of prisoners and the return of bodies. A Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least two people and injured dozens, local media reported early on Wednesday. with DPA The Ukrainian military says it has struck a major Russian gunpowder plant in the western Tambov region, causing a fire at the site. The Ukrainian military characterised the plant as one of the main facilities in Russia's military industrial complex. "It produces gunpowder for various types of small arms, artillery and rocket systems," it said in a statement on Telegram. Tambov regional Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said early on Wednesday that Russian defences had repelled a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones on the town of Kotovsk, which independent Russian media identified as the site of a gunpowder plant. He said one downed drone had caused a fire but no casualties, and the situation was under control. Pervyshov also told people not to film and publish images of air defence operations and attempted attacks, as this would provide "direct assistance to the enemy". The Tambov gunpowder plant produces propellant powders used in charges for ammunition for 122 mm and 152 mm howitzers, according to a report from the Royal United Services Institute and the Open Source Centre. The Ukrainian military also said that it recorded explosions at an ammunition depot in Russia's Kursk region and an airfield depot in Russia's Voronezh region. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the incidents. Ukraine accepted the bodies of 1212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the Ukrainian agency dealing with prisoners of war said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia's Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, the agency said. Russia received 27 killed soldiers in return, Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said. "Now they can be laid to rest in a Christian manner," he wrote on Telegram. Russia has for days accused Ukraine of failing to accept the remains, and called on Ukrainian authorities to comply with agreements reached between the warring parties in talks in Istanbul at the beginning of the month. Russia transported the bodies ready for handover over the weekend in what it termed a "humanitarian action" while Ukraine said that no agreement on a handover date had been reached. The Istanbul talks provided for the return of the remains of more than 6000 fallen soldiers from Russia to Ukraine. Work on implementing the Istanbul agreements will continue, Medinsky said, with an exchange of seriously wounded prisoners of war to take place on Thursday. Ukraine and Russia had already exchanged an unspecified number of prisoners in recent days. In Istanbul, it was agreed that each side would release in stages 1200 prisoners - those under 25, the seriously wounded and the seriously ill. Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years. During the war, there have been repeated exchanges of prisoners and the return of bodies. A Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least two people and injured dozens, local media reported early on Wednesday. with DPA The Ukrainian military says it has struck a major Russian gunpowder plant in the western Tambov region, causing a fire at the site. The Ukrainian military characterised the plant as one of the main facilities in Russia's military industrial complex. "It produces gunpowder for various types of small arms, artillery and rocket systems," it said in a statement on Telegram. Tambov regional Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said early on Wednesday that Russian defences had repelled a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones on the town of Kotovsk, which independent Russian media identified as the site of a gunpowder plant. He said one downed drone had caused a fire but no casualties, and the situation was under control. Pervyshov also told people not to film and publish images of air defence operations and attempted attacks, as this would provide "direct assistance to the enemy". The Tambov gunpowder plant produces propellant powders used in charges for ammunition for 122 mm and 152 mm howitzers, according to a report from the Royal United Services Institute and the Open Source Centre. The Ukrainian military also said that it recorded explosions at an ammunition depot in Russia's Kursk region and an airfield depot in Russia's Voronezh region. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the incidents. Ukraine accepted the bodies of 1212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the Ukrainian agency dealing with prisoners of war said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia's Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, the agency said. Russia received 27 killed soldiers in return, Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said. "Now they can be laid to rest in a Christian manner," he wrote on Telegram. Russia has for days accused Ukraine of failing to accept the remains, and called on Ukrainian authorities to comply with agreements reached between the warring parties in talks in Istanbul at the beginning of the month. Russia transported the bodies ready for handover over the weekend in what it termed a "humanitarian action" while Ukraine said that no agreement on a handover date had been reached. The Istanbul talks provided for the return of the remains of more than 6000 fallen soldiers from Russia to Ukraine. Work on implementing the Istanbul agreements will continue, Medinsky said, with an exchange of seriously wounded prisoners of war to take place on Thursday. Ukraine and Russia had already exchanged an unspecified number of prisoners in recent days. In Istanbul, it was agreed that each side would release in stages 1200 prisoners - those under 25, the seriously wounded and the seriously ill. Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years. During the war, there have been repeated exchanges of prisoners and the return of bodies. A Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least two people and injured dozens, local media reported early on Wednesday. with DPA The Ukrainian military says it has struck a major Russian gunpowder plant in the western Tambov region, causing a fire at the site. The Ukrainian military characterised the plant as one of the main facilities in Russia's military industrial complex. "It produces gunpowder for various types of small arms, artillery and rocket systems," it said in a statement on Telegram. Tambov regional Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov said early on Wednesday that Russian defences had repelled a "massive attack" by Ukrainian drones on the town of Kotovsk, which independent Russian media identified as the site of a gunpowder plant. He said one downed drone had caused a fire but no casualties, and the situation was under control. Pervyshov also told people not to film and publish images of air defence operations and attempted attacks, as this would provide "direct assistance to the enemy". The Tambov gunpowder plant produces propellant powders used in charges for ammunition for 122 mm and 152 mm howitzers, according to a report from the Royal United Services Institute and the Open Source Centre. The Ukrainian military also said that it recorded explosions at an ammunition depot in Russia's Kursk region and an airfield depot in Russia's Voronezh region. Reuters was not able to independently confirm the incidents. Ukraine accepted the bodies of 1212 of its fallen soldiers from Russia after days of dispute, the Ukrainian agency dealing with prisoners of war said on Wednesday. The soldiers died in battles in Russia's Kursk region and the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, the agency said. Russia received 27 killed soldiers in return, Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said. "Now they can be laid to rest in a Christian manner," he wrote on Telegram. Russia has for days accused Ukraine of failing to accept the remains, and called on Ukrainian authorities to comply with agreements reached between the warring parties in talks in Istanbul at the beginning of the month. Russia transported the bodies ready for handover over the weekend in what it termed a "humanitarian action" while Ukraine said that no agreement on a handover date had been reached. The Istanbul talks provided for the return of the remains of more than 6000 fallen soldiers from Russia to Ukraine. Work on implementing the Istanbul agreements will continue, Medinsky said, with an exchange of seriously wounded prisoners of war to take place on Thursday. Ukraine and Russia had already exchanged an unspecified number of prisoners in recent days. In Istanbul, it was agreed that each side would release in stages 1200 prisoners - those under 25, the seriously wounded and the seriously ill. Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for more than three years. During the war, there have been repeated exchanges of prisoners and the return of bodies. A Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least two people and injured dozens, local media reported early on Wednesday. with DPA