Christine Hoover, Elicia Horton, Jennifer Huntley, Kathy Litton & Lindsey Carlson
A tree puts down roots and bears fruit. The process of growth and life becomes observable to those around it. Five Markers of Healthy Planting Wives explores five keys for church planting wives to live and flourish:
Christine Hoover is a pastor’s wife, mom of three boys, Bible teacher, and author of six books, including The Church Planting Wife, Messy Beautiful Friendship, and How to Thrive as a Pastor’s Wife, as well as a Bible study, Seek First the Kingdom. Her work has been featured on The Gospel Coalition, For The Church, and Christianity Today. Originally from Texas, she and her family live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where they planted a church in 2008. Find Christine at her home online, www.christinehoover.net
More Resources from ChristineAssistant Director of Women’s Ministries The Grove Community Church
Elicia Horton serves as Assistant Director of Women’s Ministries at The Grove Community Church in Riverside, California. She has been serving alongside her husband, D.A. Horton, for the past 12 years in ministry. They have been married 17 years and have known each other since they were kids. She is a mother of three, a former home school mom, author, basketball coach, Bible teacher, conference speaker and writer. She has received graduate degrees in both Religious studies and Organizational Development from Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary. She co-authored her first book with her husband titled Enter the Ring released in 2018. She and D.A. serve as marriage coaches for LifeWay’s Woo Marriage series and Elicia, along with many Christian women of color, contributed to an expositional book on Psalms 119 titled His Testimonies, My Heritage that was released September 2019.
Jennifer Huntley is a church planting spouse in the Washington, D.C., metro area. Jennifer makes a living freelancing in graphic design, video editing and photography. After eight years of summer camp ministry, she married her husband, Jared, and together they planted a church outside of Toronto. They spent four years on the field as North American Mission Board planters in Canada before moving back to the U.S. to pursue adoption and to help plant a church in Washington, D.C.
Kathy Litton is the director of planter spouse development at NAMB. She works with the spouses of church planters throughout North America, encouraging them, strengthening them and providing general guidance. She is married to Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama.
More Resources from KathyLindsey Carlson is a church planting wife and the mother of five children. She serves in ministry alongside her husband in Baltimore, Maryland, where they planted Imprint Community Church in 2017. She enjoys teaching and discipling women in her local church and through writing and public speaking. She is the author of Growing in Godliness: A Teen Girl’s Guide to Maturing in Christ (Crossway, 2019). You can find more of her writing at LindseyCarlson.net.
Not a New Churches member? Create your free account.
