It can be a lonely business, church planting. Loneliness in ministry is one of the most often overlooked aspects of being a pastor’s wife. We’ve all felt it, some more than others. Many of us have experienced rejection, often by those whom we thought were closest to us. We put up ...
I have never had a bad relationship with my mother-in-law, but that has always been easy because I now live in America and so I only get to see her every 2–3 years. A serious car crash, a heart-wrenching divorce and years of alcoholism have left her in a fragile state with little money and ...
There are three important things that must not be left out of our daily lives as church planter wives. The first, of which I wrote in Part 1, is to never neglect reading and meditating on Scripture. Here is the second. Pray Please do not neglect to listen to what God is saying. It’s ...
Though my job is to continually examine the claims of Christ and apply the Gospel to my life and my marriage, I can’t let you think for a minute that I’m a great wife – even a very good wife – all the time. In fact, I’m sure that at times I do my husband more harm ...
As I meet with church planters, I hear over and over again how lonely church planting can be. Often, the wife of a church planter can be even lonelier. Many times she does not have the access to networks and relationships that her husband does. Plant NC is committed to gospel-centered men and ...
Plant NC is implementing a strategic focus on five areas that will define and drive all that we do as a network to help equip and train pastors across our state. We are introducing the 5M’s into our network through three facets – missional coaching, monthly regional gatherings, and our ...