Released in the UK March 2004
Released in the US May 2004
Trade paperback | 192 Pages
9781857924503 • £8.99 $12.99
BISAC – BIO018000
Good Christians, Good Husbands?
Leaving a Legacy in Marriage and Ministry
Doreen Moore
This is the inspiring and convicting account of three eighteenth–century Christian leaders (John Wesley, George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards), all of whom were passionate about glorifying God by serving Him in their generation. They left an enduring and fruitful legacy through their labours, and they were also married. How they balanced (or did not balance) their passion for ministry with being married is the subject of this book. This book tells more than just the story of three couples, it gives us contemporary lessons too, offering Biblical guidelines and counsel from modern day Christian leaders. Many couples today struggle with how God views the relationship between family and ministry. This book gleans insights from these examples and gives biblical guidelines and counsel from some modern day Christian leaders too.
Doreen Moore
Doreen Moore is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Dave, and 2 sons. Prior to seminary, Doreen and her husband were on the staff with Campus Crusade for Christ.
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Christian Focus
Its research is thorough; its historiography is careful; it’s thesis is compelling; and, when taken to heart, its practical implications can be life–changing. In fact, Good Christians, Good Husbands? is the only reading for which I’ve actually had students’ wives thank me for assigning it to their husbands.
Michael Svigel
Department Chair and Professor of Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Outstanding analysis of the tensions between marriage and ministry and how the two need not be competitors. Very well worth the reading.
Dwight Edwards
Senior Pastor, Waters Edge Community Church, Houston, Texas
Resourced by thorough research into the marriages of Wesley, Whitefield and Edwards, this is a truly wise book on the problem of combining ministry and marriage to the glory of God and the good of all concerned.
J. I. Packer
(1926–2020), Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, Canada
I thank God that Doreen Moore wrote this book. Her astounding research on the marriages of some of my greatest heroes of the faith caused me to deeply reflect on the kind of legacy that I'll leave in my marriage. Every pastor should read this.
Matt Carter
Pastor of Preaching and Vision, The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, Texas