Ministers' Wives Resources

Books for Ministers' Wives
Being A Minister’s Wife – And Being Yourself (Nancy Pannell)

Being Yourself As A Pastor’s Wife (2002), “Pastor to Pastor” tape series, Focus on the Family, (www.parsonage.org)

Counsel for Pastors’ Wives (Diane Langberg)

 A Handbook for Ministers’ Wives (Dorothy Kelley Patterson)

Heart to Heart With Pastor’s Wives (Lynne Dugan, 1994)

Help! I’m A Minister’s Wife (Tina Wright)

High Call, High Privilege (Gail McDonald)

I’m More Than The Pastor’s Wife: Authentic Living in a Fishbowl World  (Lorna Dobson)

Just Between Us magazine, Jill Briscoe, ed., 800-260-3342 (www.justbetweenus.org)

A Life Embraced: A Hopeful Guide for the Pastor’s Wife (Gayle Haggard)

Married To A Pastor: How To Stay Happily Married in the Ministry (H.B. London & Neil B. Wiseman)

Married To A Pastor’s Wife (H.B. London & Neil B. Wiseman, 1995)

Desperate Pastors’ Wives (Secrets of Lulu’s Café series) (Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell – Novel)

A Matter of Wife and Death (Secrets of Lulu’s Café series) (Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell – Novel)

Online Resources
www.parsonage.org
 -  a ministry of Focus on the Family

Minister’s Wives Private Online Community
To join the onine community and connect with other ministers' wives, follow these simple steps: 

  1. Go to the LifeWay Community
  2. Click “Join” on the far right top of the page
  3. Complete and submit the registration form. (Often women will choose a different name for their online community discussions. It is perfectly acceptable to use another name when you register if you are concerned about discussing a sensitive issue.)

Also, subscribe to the free email notice Minister’s Wives Update.

Telephone Resources
Pastoral Care Line (toll free): 877-233-4455 (9 AM-4 PM MST)  All calls are confidential.

For additional resources and support contact:

Peter Celum
CSBC Church & Pastoral Care Specialist
559.229.9533, x. 242 (all calls are confidential)
E-mail Peter Celum

Leslie Lee
Church & Pastoral Care Ministry Specialist
559.229.9533, x. 212 (all calls are confidential)
E-mail Leslie Lee