Marriage Ministry - Focus on the Family

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When the Adventure of a Lifetime, Lasts a Lifetime

Marriage Training for Churches

Ready to Wed

Many engaged couples step into marriage unprepared for the challenges ahead. Churches want to help, but often lack the right tools to guide them. Ready to Wed is a faith-based premarital curriculum that blends biblical truth, practical skills, and expert insight to help couples build a strong foundation. It equips church leaders and mentors to walk engaged couples through essential conversations before they say “I do.”

Marriage 911

Nearly one out of four Christian couples are struggling in their marriage. They often turn to their church for answers, yet many churches lack the resources these couples so desperately need. Marriage 911 is a faith-based mentoring program that incorporates biblical teaching, time-tested principles, and counselor-approved practices to guide mature Christians as they mentor hurting couples.

Marriage Champions

You don’t have to be a marriage expert to make a difference in another couple’s lives. Your experience and marriage story can bless others — all it takes is a willingness to invest. Invest in your own marriage and then take that experience and invest in another couple’s marriage.

Marriage Conferences for Churches

Hosting a Focus on the Family marriage event will help you strengthen marriages. Strong marriages are key to thriving churches and communities. We provide everything that you need for your church to be successful as you host your own unique marriage event for couples in your community.

Journey To Us

Host this two-day experience for marriages in your congregation. This event is designed to help couples find their way back to a marriage that feel like the safest place on earth.

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Resist the Drift

Host this two-day experience for marriage in your congregation. This event is designed to help couples move from roommates to soulmates in their marriages.

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Love Laugh Pursue

Host a two-hour date night for marriages in your congregation. This event uniquely ushers in healing and guidance through laughter for marriage of all kinds!

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Couples Assessments

Do you know the strengths and weaknesses in your marriage? Find out using our Marriage Assessment. Both spouses will get a detailed report on ways to make their marriage even stronger, along with resources that will help deepen your bond.

5 Ways a Marriage Ministry Builds Healthy Churches and Marriages

By prioritizing marriage ministry, churches can build resilient and vibrant congregations that reflect the transformative power of faith, commitment, and community. As we invest in the well-being of marriages, we nurture families and cultivate a flourishing church community as a beacon of hope and love.

A church group of four couples and a leader sit on a couch in discussion. A thriving marriage ministry is the key to healthy churches and healthy marriages.

5 Ways a Marriage Ministry Builds Healthy Churches and Marriages

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How Respecting Your Husband Can Make Him a Better Leader at Home

This article walks through how a wife can best support her husband to lead, and what that sort of respect can look like in marriage.

Featured Podcasts

Ready To Wed

Focus on the Family and Dr. Greg and Erin Smalley have assembled trusted Christian experts, Juli Slattery and Gary Chapman, for the new Ready to Wed™ Engaged Couples Curriculum. This easy-to-use resource is for those who mentor engaged couples and for pastors/churches who wish to use it for premarital counseling and Christian marriage preparation.