ABSTRACT
This would be the headline if my story were front-page news. At first, I did not understand what I had done, but the accusation is true. I deserted my family, and I am not alone. Preachers' kids and pastors' wives from innumerable churches and denominations have experienced a culturally accepted wholesale neglect that has been woven into a deficient model of ministry. The most common perpetrators of this neglect are male pastors.
