Parenting Pastors' Kids: An Interview with Barnabas Piper
Barnabas Piper, son of pastor and author John Piper, has written a new book called The Pastor's Kid: Finding Your Own Faith and Identity,...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Barnabas Piper on Being a Pastor's Kid
Fun fact: Barnabas Piper, son of pastor and author John Piper, was the editor who acquired my book, The Church Planting Wife, for Moody...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
How to Be a Good Sounding Board for Your Husband
Women are influencers. We're relational by nature, so we're often the relational glue within our families, churches, and communities and,...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
What Relationships Should I Invest In?
The following post was commissioned by a reader, Rachael, who asked me about discernment in knowing what friendships to invest in and to...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 7 min
Trevin Wax Interviews Christine: The Challenge of Being a Church Planting Wife
In the recent resurgence of church planting across North America, a number of books have emerged challenging and encouraging planting...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 2 min
When You Don't See Fruit
Don't be discouraged. I tell myself this and then go to bed early, knowing it will be better in the morning. But sometimes it's not...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
The Unique Challenges of Being a Church Planting Wife
In 2008, my husband and I prepared to move our little family away from the only culture we’d ever known, with one mission before us: we...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
The Disciplined Leader: Saying No When Necessary
One afternoon last fall, as I put the clean laundry away, I fell to the floor of my closet, weeping uncontrollably. I had no idea why the...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
A Pastor's Wife By Faith
As a pastor’s wife, I think to myself much too often, “I’m not doing enough.” The needs and opportunities in our church are many and...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
What is Success for a Church Planting Wife?
As a church planting wife, in the context in which you live, with the marriage, family, church, and ministry you have, what does success...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Encouraging Your Pastor-Husband
Ministry can at times feel like one big battle against discouragement. If I experience it as a pastor’s wife, I can’t imagine how...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Hospitality: A Vital Component to Church Planting
In 2008, my husband and I planted a church in a cultural context where it’s fairly easy to meet people but difficult to build intimate...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
When Someone You've Invested In Leaves Your Church
We’ve all had it happen: a church member or a family we’ve ministered to, loved dearly, and have considered family, leaves the church....
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 6 min
Tips on Starting Well for the Church Planting Wife
Church planting wives are as different as the churches we're helping to plant. We're gifted differently, we have different family and...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
From Generalist To Specialist: What To Do When You're Doing It All
Prior to planting, my husband served on a large church staff where his roles and responsibilities were clearly defined. To support him...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
For the Struggling Church Planting Wife: Reframe the Struggle
It’s hard, I know. The uncertainty, the all-encompassing nature of the work, the homesickness, the discouragement—church planting is...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 23, 2021
- 10 min
Authentically Connected
A healthy church planting wife exists in community with God, His church, and others in a genuine, biblical way. “We cared so much for you...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
Think This, Not That
Don't think this: I can't do this thing called ministry. I'm not a good pastor's wife or a good partner for my husband. Think this: I am...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 14, 2021
- 4 min
Asking Good Questions and Listening Well
“How did it go?” I’d gone to coffee with someone I didn’t know well but hoped to. “It was OK,” I said. “She didn’t ask me any questions,...
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Christine Hoover
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
25 Lessons I've Learned in Church Planting
In 2008, God called my husband Kyle and me to plant a church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Entering church planting, we had eight years...
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