Six primary sources and eight secondary sources of satisfaction or stress for church planting wives
Parakaleo is a gospel-centered ministry that exists to strengthen the gospel spreading impact of church planting by coming alongside church planting movements and church planting couples. Through coaching, connecting, caring, and celebrating they facilitate training, encouragement and care of church planters and their spouses. They recently conducted research about the greatest sources of satisfaction or stress for church planting wives. Here’s the list
Six Primary Sources
- The Husband
- Support System (often lack of other contact with church planting wives)
- Sabbath Rest
- Reliance on Christ
- Boundary Ambiguity
- Role Ambiguity (what is church planting wife’s role)
- Emotional Ambiguity
- Physical Ambiguity
- Physical health
Eight Secondary Sources
- Changed lives
- Commitment and sense of call to church planting
- Family Time
- Raising kids
- Church growth
- Expectations- from/of self and others
- Finances
Use of gifts and abilities