The Minister's Wife

Privileges, Pressures And Pitfalls

Ann Benton

• Publisher: IVP
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781844745562
• eBook ISBN:
  9781844746460
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christianity

The Minister's Wife will show you how to make perfect cupcakes, turn out well-groomed children every Sunday morning and rise to the lofty heights where criticism cannot reach. In short, you will quickly become the model minister's wife.
Unfortunately not. However, what this book will do for you is help you to look honestly at the privileges and problems of the manse and the rectory. It will free you up to become the best you can be, unencumbered by nagging concerns about issues that don't really matter.
You are first and foremost a minister's wife before God. What a privilege! This book looks also at the minister's wife's responsibility to her husband and children, as well as to her wider family. It looks at the often-overlooked perks of the job, as well as at thorny issues such as boundaries, forgiveness and forbearance.
This book contains wisdom from eight women, distilled for a wider audience. It will be an honest friend to the minister's wife, whether experienced or starting out.

Table of contents

• The Minister’s Wife
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Her responsibility to God: ‘Daughter, do you love me?’
• 2. Her responsibility to her husband: A suitable helper
• 3. Her responsibility to her family: What about the children?
• 4. Privileges: Perks of the job
• 5. Pressure points: For the sake of the kingdom
• 6. Her service for Christ: Using God-given gifts
• 7. Forgiveness and forbearance: Handling criticism
• 8. Encouragement: Modelling and showing encouragement and hospitality
• 9. Humility and contentment: The minister’s wife’s view of herself
• 10. Ten questions younger ministers’ wives ask (or wish they could ask)
• Further reading
• Notes