Congregations are learning to expect the unexpected from ministers wives, many of whom are eschewing the demands of the “minister’s wife” stereotype and forging their own identities.

Neither clinical depression nor church conflict can rob Jeanette Henry of her joy as the wife of a minister. Her candid testimony of real-life issues was a living example of the 2003 Ministers’ Wives Luncheon theme based on James 1:2: Joy in the Journey.