5 Pastors’ Wives Share Blessings, Challenges of Their Calling for Pastor Appreciation Month

THE CHRISTIAN POST:

By Nicole Alcindor, CP Reporter

Standing at 6-feet-tall, Jessie Roseberry of Indiana can still recall when she first fell in love with her husband. It was on the campus of her Christian college about a decade ago. She locked eyes with someone “amazingly” taller than her. At 6-foot-7-inches tall, Eric Roseberry would later become a pastor, her best friend and her husband.

In 2005, the 19-year-old was the completing a dual degree in nursing and missionary studies. She said it was his “peculiar” but “attractive” height that first grabbed her attention. She couldn’t help but notice his “wide” and “bright” smile from ear to ear.

5 pastors’ wives share blessings, challenges of their calling for Pastor Appreciation Month

Without the women of the Church there would be no Church. Wherever I go, the Pastors wife and a strong group of women keep Churches going and are such a help to the Pastor and his wife. Like here at FGGAM, Sharon’s nursing salary is vital to keeping FGGAM going, and I know other cases where the wives of Pastors work to support the Church. I so much respect the wives of Pastors. I love my Dear Sharon, because I know she always cares about my well being. She is my sounding board, she is the one that meets me after funerals to encourage me, like she did after the service I officiated at for an 8 year-old girl who drowned. Without my Sharon, I would be off in the ditch someplace! This message is also for the men who help their wife, who is a Pastor. I know of a precious man who works full-time to support his wife and family who is an awesome Pastor. Pastors are very much under appreciated in the American society.

PS: October is Pastor Appreciation Month! What did you do for your Pastor to show your appreciation?

FROM CHURCHLEADERS:

Joe McKeever

“Encourage one another and lift up one another…” (I Thessalonians 5:11, somewhat, and a favorite line in an old chorus)

“You cannot use my name.”

That’s how the typical private note from a preacher’s wife begins.

Marlene introduced herself as the wife of a pastor. She had come across our article from a year or more ago on “59 things not to say to a preacher.” Back then, I had solicited input from Facebook friends and ended up with that number of comments which preachers do not need to hear and which affect them negatively. The article got a good bit of play and drew more than a fair share of controversial reactions.

Preachers loved the list. And so did their wives, incidentally.

There’s a lot of hurt out there

What Not to Say to a Preacher’s Wife