Friday Forum: The Pastor's Wife

We moved to NC to study to enter the ministry.

While our situation still prohibits that today (at least in the way we thought),

I still believe that I may be a pastor's wife one day.

When we arrived in NC, I gathered advice from many pastor's wives ...

family members and those ministry wives we had met along the way.

I was given many ideas of things to read and learn and think through in preparation for the ministry.

I have worked on "ministry meals," flexibility, Sunday School curriculum ...

I continue to search for ways to better minister to others.

Yet, what should the character of a pastor's wife be?

While the Bible lays out twice the qualifications for a pastor,

I have heard many times that there are no qualifications for the pastor's wife in the Bible;

and besides, she is not the one who is hired by the church.

Hubby and I have hashed it out for our own benefit.

Our answer involves Proverbs 31 and Titus 2.

If the qualifications for a pastor are really just traits that all Christians should have,

but he is to be the example of these traits for the church;

should not the pastor's wife be the example of what every lady should be?

What do you think? 

Am I off target?

Does the Bible give any qualifications for a pastor's wife?

Because I know MANY pastor's wives,

I make a disclaimer that I value the role of the pastor's wife

and the difficulties in that role.

I am not seeking to belittle or point out any particular pastor's wife.

I ask this question for my own challenge and edification.