"It's Just Part of the Territory ..."

The pastorate is one of the few places where you can be fired for walking through a normal life experience. If you have marital problems, don't let on! And make sure your kids are perfect. Oh- and heaven forbid you have financial issues...

You spend most of your time helping people in these very positions. So who helps you when you're the one hurting?

Finding a place that's safe for yourself and your family is tough.

And because you live in the same, messed-up world as everyone else, you're subject to the same struggles... the same hazards. The only difference is that you usually wade through it all without help or support.

Help and Support is On the Way

Successful Relationships doesn't just counsel pastors and their wives. We empathize. That's because members of our own staff have served in the pastorate. We know how it feels because we've been there too.

A Friend to Walk Beside You

And while other organizations may offer a plan of action to help you find healing, we'll walk with you-- step by step-- until you're back on your feet.

No judging. No lectures. No pat answers.

We know that the tightrope you walk is one of the hardest to balance anywhere. Because like we said... we've been there.

Let us help you. We'll be by your side.

Pastors' Wives

A wife of a pastor recently commented on her expected attendance at an annual "Family Camp" their church always holds in August:

"It's "Family Camp" for everyone there except me. If there are 300 people at that camp, I come in at #300. Most of the time, I can't even find my husband let alone enjoy a few minutes of time with him. I usually try to come up with a reason not to go. It's just no fun..."

While Pastors have countless pressures and demands on them, it is the wives that usually absorb the shock of the "day-to-day ick".

If you feel lonely in a crowded room...

If you tire of smiling when you'd rather cry...

If you ever wonder if the ministry is worth the cost to your children...

Then answers exist for you too. Because at SRI, we know that behind these pastors in the trenches, wives are also trudging through the mud. They just tend to do it unnoticed.

Well, you've just been noticed.

Let us help you and your husband find balance and healing in ways that not only benefit those around you... but enrich YOU too.