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ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS
OF EFFECTIVE REPLANTERS
Spousal Perseverance
Spousal Perseverance
The wife of a replanter will have to endure suffering. She needs to
believe that the replant is a worthwhile endeavor; that it’s worth the
emotional strain and stress and sacrifice. This is not an optional
characteristic. A replanter is a husband first and foremost, and if he
doesn’t have the support of his wife in ministry, he will ruin his
marriage for the sake of his ministry, and in doing so, he will ruin
his ministry as well.
Micro Skills
Spousal Cooperation- If married, his wife shares and supports his
conviction and call to replanting
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A REPLANTER: SPOUSAL PERSEVERANCE
by Sam Parkison
Genesis 2:18, Proverbs 18:22, Ephesians 5:22-33
The drama of the gospel is that Jesus lays down His life for His
bride—the Church—and every marriage is intended to be a
microscopic rendition of this beautiful story. Every marriage is a
picture of the gospel, and is either giving onlookers a clearer depiction
of the gospel, or it is obscuring it. When a husband spends himself at
work, and comes home to roll on the floor with his kids, and attends
and nurtures the soul of his wife, he is teaching his family and anyone
else who may be exposed to his life that Christ is a self-sacrificial,
long-suffering, kind and benevolent husband to his Church. On the other
hand, a short-tempered husband, with his gruff and impatient attitude,
is teaching something untrue about Christ; he is teaching that Christ is
temperamental and impatient and explosive towards his Church. Just
like there’s no way for a human to shake off the image of God, there’s
no way for a marriage to shake off the image of the gospel, which is a
weighty reality, to say the least.
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Conversely, the way that the pastor’s wife relates to her
husband—whether she is joyfully submitted, affectionately encouraging,
devotionally supporting or not—will either confirm or contradict the
gospel that her husband proclaims.
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She needs to believe that the replant is a worthwhile endeavor; that it’s
worth the emotional strain and stress and sacrifice. This is not an optional
characteristic. A replanter is a husband first and foremost, and if he doesn’t
have the support of his wife in ministry, he will ruin his marriage for the sake
of his ministry, and in doing so, he will ruin his ministry as well.
BLOGS
Shepherding Your Wife
Finding Joy as a Replanter’s Wife
Encouragement and Community for Replanter Wives
BOOKS
The Pastor’s Family by Brian and Cara Croft
The Pastor’s Wife by Gloria Furman
Marriage Matters by Tony Evans
VIDEO
Putting Your Marriage and Family First