Your Pastor Is Human Too
In light of Pastor Appreciation Month, H.B. Charles, Chuck Swindoll, and Christine Hoover remind listeners that pastors and their wives are just as human as the people sitting in the pew. Let them know how much you appreciate them at church this Sunday.
About the Guest
Christine Hoover
Christine Hoover is a church planting pastor’s wife and mom of three boys. She is the author of several books, including Messy Beautiful Friendship and the forthcoming Searching For Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful In Time. In addition to writing her books and blog (www.GraceCoversMe.com), she contributes to TableTalk, The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and Send Network. Christine and her family live in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Chuck Swindoll
Charles R. Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word and His grace. A pastor at heart, Chuck has served as senior pastor to congregations in Texas, Massachusetts, and California. Since 1998, he has served as the founder and senior pastor-teacher of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, but Chuck’s listening audience extends far beyond a local church body. As a leading program in Christian broadcasting since 1979, Insight for Living airs in major Christian radio markets around the world, reaching people groups in languages they can understand. Chuck’s extensive writing ministry has also served the body of Christ worldwide and his leadership as president and now chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary has helped prepare and equip a new generation for ministry. Chuck and Cynthia, his partner in life and ministry, have four grown children, ten grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
H.B. Charles
H.B. Charles is the Pastor-Teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida, where he has served since the fall of 2008.
Prior to joining the Shiloh Church, he led the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles for almost eighteen years. Succeeding his late father, he began his pastorate at Mt. Sinai at the age of seventeen – a senior in high school.
He regularly speak at churches, conferences, and conventions around the country, and is the author (or contributing author) of several books. He is the host of The On Preaching Podcast. H.B. and his wife Crystal have three children.
About the Host
Michelle Hill
Radio has been ingrained in Michelle for most of her life. This love for radio has taken her to various radio stations and ministries in places like Chicago, Alaska and other snow covered terrains like her hometown in north central Iowa. In 2005 she landed on staff with Cru/FamilyLife®. While at FamilyLife she has overseen the expansion of FamilyLife Today® internationally, assisted with the creation of Passport2Identity™-Womanhood and is now the host of FamilyLife This Week®.
For the last 15+ years Michelle has been mentoring young women and is passionate about helping them find their identity in God. She also has a fascination for snowflakes and the color yellow. Michelle makes her home in Little Rock, Arkansas.