What ministry committments are expected from each spouse?
The classification of missionary applies to both spouses. Both submit forms. Both are viewed as full members of the mission. We require a “work covenant” with an associate ministry of only one spouse, though each could sign one if they so desired and time permitted. The LAM is firmly committed to the health of missionary marriages and families, and if the wife—for instance because the children are still at home—feels she has all she can manage with home/husband/children, we encourage her to consider that her primary ministry. MKs sometimes feel neglected when Dad and Mom spend most of their time “in the work.” They need to learn the balance as well as their parents do (they obviously don’t rule the roost!), but on the other hand, what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own kids.
