Description

This book is a guide for pastors’ wives who are thrust into pastoral leadership and ministry because of who they are married to. It is also for church members to understand the role of a pastor’s wife and how they can support their pastor’s wife and not be a hindrance to her ministry. It is also for pastors to understand their wives’ world and help them to live out their calling.
“You said yes to a man and discovered, after the wedding, that you had also said yes to a role. A role nobody described to you in advance. Nobody sat you down and said, ‘Here is what Sunday mornings actually cost the woman behind the man at the front. Here is what happens to your identity when you become a title before you have finished becoming a person. Here is what the African church will expect of you regardless of whether those expectations match your gifts.”
That conversation did not happen. Nobody Told Me This is the book that should have been pressed into your hands before your husband’s first Sunday. Written by a pastor’s wife of over twenty-five years with deep roots in African ministry, it is honest, practical, warm, and unlike anything currently available to women navigating this specific, demanding, and extraordinary calling.
WHAT’S INSIDE — 14 CHAPTERS ACROSS 4 MOVEMENTS

Movement I: Identity Foundation
Calling, role, and the pedestal nobody asked you to climb

Movement II: Practical Realities
Home, women, money, and cultural intelligence

Movement III: Crisis Navigation
Loneliness, church hurt, marriage, and your children

Movement IV: Sustainable Joy
Filling your cup, your gifts, and 25 years from now