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.
Building a culture on your church staff was very important to you, and y’all had a vision for how you wanted the staff to function and get along well, which was possible, I guess, over years as you were building and adding to your staff. Not that we all need to be best friends, and I’ve told my staff wives that, we don’t need to be best friends, but we need to be friendly.
Do you have another woman in your life teaching you how to be a good pastor’s wife? Have you ever been mentored in your role or are you having to figure it out by yourself as you go along?
Recently my pastor husband and I talked about some challenging issues that ministry couples face, like the impact that ministry has had on our marriage, ways wives can support our pastor husbands, and how to approach sensitive conversation topics with your spouse.