Ashley Gray serves in Mississippi alongside her husband David, who is a bi-vocational pastor. Protecting family time at home can be challenging for ministry couples, especially when the pastor hubby also has another job. Ashley shares how the double-job life works for their family and offers her perspective on parsonages, fill-in grandmas, and church hurt.
Have I ever shared with you how this podcast came to be? Last year I escaped to the mountains for a personal prayer retreat, some time away with the Lord. I left real life behind for a few days and only took my Bible and prayer journals and a few study books to keep me company. As I was praying, I clearly felt the Lord
To continue with our theme of ministry transitions, I thought it was appropriate to give some practical tips on moving I’ve learned, unfortunately, from my vast experience. If you’re married to the ministry, this is a topic you’ll probably face at some point, if you haven’t already!
Meet Kassy Jackson! Kassy’s husband Jacob serves on staff at our church as the Worship Pastor. Since they’ve just completed their first year, I wanted her perspective on what it was like for their family to relocate from Florida to Arkansas. We talked about what it’s like to move with children and how we can help them transition to a new place.
One of the hardest aspects of ministry life can be determining if God is leading us out of our current church or into a new place of service. When is the right time to leave? How do we pray through unexpected job offers when we’re happy where we are? Here’s how we’ve navigated these decisions as pastor and wife for the last 25 years.