LONGWOOD, FL-Countless Christian women sit in church pews every Sunday filled dread about returning home to the dark secret of abuse. The Battered Preacher's Wife (paperback, 978-1-60266-909-3) is a true story of survival and triumph. In this passionately honest account, Dr. Avril E. Wiggins shares her tragic experience of being trapped in a hopeless marriage with an abusive Pentecostal preacher. Wife battery is a taboo topic in the church. Most clergy encourage women to keep the family together at all costs and endure the suffering. That kind of counsel leaves women no hope, no help, and no escape. Children who grow up in these relationships assume that abuse is normal behavior, and the abuse continues from generation to generation.
The Battered Preacher's Wife shines through the darkness and sheds light on a serious problem faced by Christian women across the nation. Wiggins gives you a down-to-earth glimpse of what women suffer in these abusive relationships. But she also delivers a strong message of hope-even for wives of preachers! "I know what it's like to be a survivor of child abuse, rape, molestation, spousal abuse, along with verbal and psychological abuse, and I am alive to tell my story," says Wiggins. "With God, I came out victorious. I may have some battle scars, but thanks to Jesus, I'm still alive."
Dr. Avril E. Wiggins along with her husband Eld. Joe Wiggins started House of Rapha International Ministries Inc. in September 2003. Pastor Wiggins has been in ministry for nearly 19 years. She and her husband are the parents of Zipporah, Shekinah, Zithri, Josiah, and Micah.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order The Battered Preacher's Wife through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007