church planting

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...