Becoming the Pastor's Wife by Beth Allison Barr

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/178359 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Becoming the Pastor's Wife Author: Beth Allison Barr Narrator: Connie Shabshab Format: mp3 Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 03-18-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 43 ratings Genres: Ministry & Evangelism Publisher's Summary: As a pastor's wife for 25 years, Beth Allison Barr has lived with assumptions about what she should do and who she should be. In Becoming the Pastor's Wife, Barr draws on that experience and her expertise as a historian to trace the history of the role of the pastor's wife, showing how it both helped and hurt women in conservative Protestant traditions. While they gained an important leadership role, it came at a deep cost: losing independent church leadership opportunities that existed throughout most of church history and strengthening a gender hierarchy that prioritized male careers.