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Dirt Plus Experience: 5 Things You Should Know about Being a Pastor’s Wife

Dirt Plus Experience: 5 Things You Should Know about Being a Pastor’s Wife

A wife is a biblical role, but the biblical qualities of a wife don’t change based on who you’re married to. My husband is called to a pastoral ministry. In my role as his wife, my biblical responsibility is to him and the Lord as his help meet. My responsibility to you as a church member is to follow God’s word and operate as an “elder woman” of our local church body. How a pastor’s wife grows into that role as a teacher is the same as how any woman learns to teach the younger: through (often the pain of) experience.