Becoming the Pastor's Wife
How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Women's Path to Ministry
- 2025 INDIES Finalist
- Finalist, Religion (Adult Nonfiction)
Beth Allison Barr draws on 25 years as a pastor’s wife and her scholarly expertise to trace the history of the role in conservative Protestantism. She shows how it offered influence but limited women’s leadership, linking its rise to the decline of female ordination, while equipping women and churches to rethink its origins.
