The Apostles never wrote a list of qualifications for the church planter’s wife. That position comes without a title or job description. It comes without compensation. And the hours can be brutal. Also, sacrifices are required, and criticism is likely.
And yet.
You’ll get front-row seats to seeing God’s work in the lives of his people up close. And you can’t put a price on that. Perhaps more importantly, God has much in store to show you personally.
Below are five lessons I have learned in the decade since I first arrived in an unfamiliar city with my husband, who had the task of planting a new church.
1. Life is short; make the sacrifices.
The pressure on a church planter’s wife is intense. The job requires a certain scrappiness—making the most of scarce resources, seeing and meeting unnoticed needs, and being able to pivot quickly to the next item. It includes encouraging your discouraged husband, tending to needy children, helping a new church member, or showing hospitality to a potential one. Oftentimes you must do all those things simultaneously and usually without much recognition. A church planter’s wife can
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