The Missionarys Wife

A wife is just as much a missionary as her husband. Her primary care is toward the children, but to do mission work is right there next to that calling.

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I believe a mother can care for little ones and do mission work at the same time. The children, as often was in the culture of their day and social class, were kept by nannies and were visited by parents, not raised by their parents and babysat while Mama led a Bible study now and then.

Taylor meant that the wife would be just as active in outside ministry work as the husband was. The women were to be out regularly, and often daily, leading Bible studies with women, doing health work, etc. They made this happen by insisting that children were sent to boarding schools at the age of six. I believe a missionary wife can care for her home, family, and may have a little extra time for ministry work.

It is VERY hard to handle even a small, regular, formal ministry outside of your home duties in a third-world country with young children. There are so many duties to just keep the house going smoothly, that extra help is needed, but turning the care of children over to nursemaids was not the right decision to allow the mother time to minister to others. The missionary home did need to be protected because their children needed that home upbringing and the careful nurturing of their parents.

Unless you intend your wife to be a true missionary, not merely a wife, homemaker, and friend, do not join us. June 28, at 6: From a Missionary Wife and Mother.

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August 30, at 9: Hi Joy I think you are misunderstanding his meaning. Thanks for you comment. Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem.

Return to Book Page. The Missionary's Wife by Tim Jeal. Jilted by a local aristocrat and bereft following the death of her mother, Clara meets and falls in love with a visiting missionary. They marry and she joins him in Africa in an enclave of huts, dust and flies. There, as tribal warfare spills into the camp, Clara begins a heart-wrenching discovery. Published first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Missionary's Wife , please sign up.

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This book was fascinating as in insight into early missionaries in what later became Zimbabwe. It contains a lot of anthropological details which I enjoyed, about dress, traditional beliefs, proverbs, food and so on. I believe the author is a historian and so it is authentic. The story arc reminded me a bit of Poisonwood Bible, in that the committed missionary husband is passionate and obsessed with converting the chief, and is seen through his wife's eyes as misguided.

The wife goes out to join This book was fascinating as in insight into early missionaries in what later became Zimbabwe.

The wife goes out to join him naive and hopeful, and is soon disenchanted with bush life, and with the perceived success of the mission. It wasn't wholly negative about missionaries, just slightly so - the only character to come out spotless in the wide spectrum of Venda, Matabele, British missionaries, settlers and soldiers, is the chief, Mponda. On the whole I liked it, and it did raise good questions. Nov 24, Kim rated it it was ok Shelves: Charlotte rated it it was ok Sep 20, Annet rated it liked it Aug 14, Cyber rated it it was amazing Jul 10, Sarah rated it really liked it Aug 18,