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Narrative Inquiry on ‘How to Become Pastor’s Wife’

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2020, 28(1), pp.85-118
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2020.28.1.85
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : April 5, 2020
  • Accepted : May 14, 2020
  • Published : May 30, 2020

Kim, Bo Lim 1 Kim Mi Kyung 1

1서울한영대학교

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ABSTRACT

The study is the narrative inquiry on the stories of joy and sorrow, rewards and dilemmas of pastor’s wife in their roles at the site of sole ministry. For this purpose, the study researches the meaning of ministry, and the process of creating and changes in pastor’s wife in middle age. Interviewees were 4 pastors’ wives with period of ministry not less than a decade at sole ministry, and interviews were performed since April to November 2019. The study method followed the process of narrative inquiry proposed by Clandinin and Connelly. Stories of pastors’ wives were narratively coded in the flow of time and space, and in the changes of personal characteristics, and context of various events etc., focusing on the ministerial experiences, and the theme was unfolded, analyzing available materials by repeatedly reviewing site texts and listening to interview recordings. As the result of transferring the texts of participants to the Study to study text in order to compose the meaning with consideration on their context of life, 4 aspects were derived. In other words, based on the stories of participants, the meanings were composed focused on spiritual background, the background for marriage and ministry, child fostering in the course of ministry and relationship with disciples, and relationship with husband and retirement planning. the study is meaningful in triggering pastors’ wives in their middle ages to establish their identity on “Who I am” from the living viewpoints they shared, and to encourage them to pursue the story of living again.

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