Join us for an evening with Beth Allison Barr, author of the brand-new book Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry. Join us for an evening with Beth ...

It’s ministry by marriage. Did you know there are piles of guidebooks meant to help women excel at being the church’s first lady? From how to step out of a car when pulling up to church on Sunday, to ...

"Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry," By Beth Allison Barr, Brazos Press, 232 pages Beth Allison Barr’s new book examines the divide between the ...

For many Christian women, a woman’s role in the church’s ecosystem has long been fixed. But Beth Allison Barr, a historian and the wife of a pastor, felt compelled to challenge the prevailing ...

(RNS) — In ‘Becoming the Pastor’s Wife,’ Barr argues that the white, evangelical model for pastors’ wives is a product of culture, not Scripture. (RNS) — Imagine a job interview where, to get the gig, ...

Baylor University history professor Barr (The Making of Biblical Womanhood) provides a blistering critique of the narrowing options for female leadership in the evangelical church. Barr describes how ...

When Baylor University history professor Beth Allison Barr was researching her 2021 book "The Making of Biblical Womanhood," she found increasing attention to the role of a pastor's wife in 20th ...