The Life of a Pastor's Wife:
"Why didn't someone tell me?"
by Barbara Kinney
How will a woman know what her life will be like as a pastor’s wife? How will she find her place within the congregation and the inner-workings of the church? How will she handle the diverse issues that will come to her door and the many challenges that she will face? Read the advice of many pastors’ wives who have told their amazing stories of how they found answers to the many perplexing questions that have come their way. Extensive interviews were conducted with pastors’ wives around the United States and Canada, discussing their life experiences as a result of their many years of ministry. These anecdotes are full of wisdom and wit. Some are even unbelievable and heart-wrenching. But all are true and are rich with spiritual lessons which can be applied in church life.
Barbara
Kinney
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Barbara Kinney has been a pastor’s wife for many years. She has had many experiences in ministry, along with her husband, and many of them have been written about in her new book, “The Life of a Pastor’s Wife.” She has interviewed pastor’s wives extensively from all over the country and Canada and brings a wealth of information, knowledge and inspiration for pastor’s wives as well as other women in church-work. These live experiences from those interviewed bring wisdom and wit; some are unbelievable and heart wrenching. But all are true and rich with spiritual lessons which can be applied in busy demanding church life.
This book attempts to show what a woman’s life will be like as a pastor’s wife. She will find her place within the congregation and the inner workings of how to handle the diverse issues that will come to her door and the many challenges that she will face. The advice from the many pastor’s wives, who have told their amazing stories about how they found answers to the many perplexing questions are found in this book.
This book is not only for pastor’s wives, but also a must for all members in the congregation (both men and women) because it gives a revealing glimpse of the many ups and downs of a pastor’s family living in the fish bowl.
Barbara Kinney has had a varied career which includes the position of Director of Mentoring at a pregnancy resource center and Board certified counselor. She is also the author of other books including Expectant Mom and Happy Parenting. Previously she wrote a humorous column for newspaper entitled, “Literary Lines.”
Besides being a pastor’s wife Barbara maintains, however, that her main career is wife, mother of 4 daughters and grandmother of 14 grandchildren. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree along with counseling certification. She also has 20 years of teaching music in the public and private schools. Her music endeavors include Family Music Ministry Concerts and it was for many years a professional French hornist in several symphony orchestras.
Her husband says simply, “I couldn’t do it without her. She is a constant source of advice and help.”
