The Pastors Family, Brian Croft
The Pastors Family, Brian Croft
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The Pastor's Family
Shepherding Your Family through the Challenges of Pastoral Ministry

Author: Brian Croft, Cara Croft

Narrator: Holly Watson

Unabridged: 4 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 08/20/2013


Synopsis

Featuring insights from the perspective of both a pastor and his wife—The Pastor’s Family identifies the complicated burdens and expectations ministry brings to the life of a family. Brian and Cara Croft identify the unique challenges that pastors face as husbands and fathers.  They also discuss the difficulties and joys of being a pastor’s wife and offer practical advice on raising children in a ministry family.  In addition to addressing the challenges of marriage and raising children, they also highlight the joys of serving together as a family and the unique opportunities pastors have to train their children and lead their families.  With discussion questions for use by couples and pastoral reading groups, this book is ideal for pastors and their spouses, pastoral ministry students and their wives, as well as elders, deacons, and others who wish to remain faithful to the care of their families while diligently fulfilling their calling in ministry. The Pastor’s Family equips pastors with time-tested wisdom to address the tension of family and congregational dynamics while persevering in their calling.

About Brian Croft

Brian Croft is Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Brian is the founder of Practical Shepherding, a non-profit organization committed to equipping pastors all over the world in the practical matters of pastoral ministry.

About Cara Croft

Cara Croft is a wife to Brian and a homeschooling mother of their four children. She did her undergraduate work at Asbury College and serves in a number of ways teaching and discipling the ladies of Auburndale Baptist Church. She enjoys serving her husband and family and looks forward to when she will have more time to pursue her love of speaking, teaching, writing and photography.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexandre on October 16, 2021

O livro traz verdades conhecidas e necessárias para a vida da família do pastor. Porém, seu estilo pessoal é cativante e gentilmente confrontador.......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on May 19, 2023

When I picked up the book, the PRINT and PRODUCTION quality was trash—glitchy printing and small writing made it hard on my eyes—but the content was good. Encouraging. The conversational tone of many of today's pastor-written books is great for sermons, but after reading so much of that tone in book......more

Goodreads review by Zack on December 24, 2021

Very well written (by both authors) and lots of insightful helps (from both authors). While it did not answer a particular question I have, it did answer lots of questions around that specific issue. I would recommend this book to other pastors and to those training for the ministry (as well as thei......more

Goodreads review by Sean on January 13, 2022

Very helpful and informative.......more

Goodreads review by John on February 11, 2014

The Crofts have served pastors and their wives well with this book. It is full of helpful practical advice coupled with the proper call to first look to the heart. I thought the final section on shepherding our children was particularly helpful. In the end, though, I thought the book suffered from h......more