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The Focused Pastor
Pastoral leadership presents a unique set of challenges both on a personal and professional level. Pastors often find themselves immersed in busyness, overwhelmed, and grappling with a sense of isolation. The Focused Pastor exists to come alongside pastors, their families, and the church with free resources designed to encourage and equip them for these unique challenges. Learn more at TheFocusedPastor.org.
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
Marriage in Crisis
Hope Restored
Is your marriage in crisis? Then this is the place of hope for you. Hope Restored is a counseling intensive that provides couples with personalized, biblically based support. Couples whose marriages were in trouble said “yes” to God doing a miracle in their marriage!
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.
Marriage Events
Destination Conferences
Church Hosted Marriage Events
Church Hosted Marriage Events
Church Hosted Marriage Events
Focus on the Family and Salem Media Group present Resist the Drift, a two-day marriage conference. Our trained marriage professionals share their story and what they’ve learned as they moved from roommates to soulmates. Couples will receive Bible-based concepts and tools to reconnect and strengthen their marriages. Find your destination here!
Featured Articles
![Setting goals together - An illustration of a couple facing one another with their foreheads lovingly together.](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/envisioning-the-new-year-together-FOTF12mag-768x478.jpg)
Setting Goals Together for the New Year
Do you want to draw closer as a couple in the new year? Try sharing and then setting your goals for the next 12 months together.
![Setting goals together - An illustration of a couple facing one another with their foreheads lovingly together.](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/envisioning-the-new-year-together-FOTF12mag-768x478.jpg)
Setting Goals Together for the New Year
Do you want to draw closer as a couple in the new year? Try sharing and then setting your goals for the next 12 months together.
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
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.
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.
Resources
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.
Recent Marriage Articles
![A man and a woman are enjoying cleaning the floor together, helping each other as husband and wife. The Christian roles of husband and wife have gotten a bad rap. Have your view of marital roles and submission have been smaller than God’s?](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/men-and-women-roles_shutterstock_1958419408-768x512.jpg)
What Are the Christian Roles of Husband and Wife?
What are the roles of Christian men and women in marriage? And why does it matter? Here are a few things to consider.
![A man and a woman touch foreheads in a close, intimate moment in the park. Intimacy depends on how much we’re willing to reveal about ourselves beneath the surface. Here's how truth leads to intimacy with your spouse.](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/intimacy-in-marriage-shutterstock-274091273-6684548e26009-768x512.webp)
The Truth Leads to Intimacy with Your Spouse
Intimacy with your spouse means being completely open to them — emotionally, spiritually, and physically. This type of vulnerability comes with risk but one worth taking.
![A man and a woman stand arm-in-arm by the seaside at sunset. Life has a way of chipping away at our marriages. Here are a few simple methods to keep romance alive for a successful marriage.](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/romance-in-marriage-shutterstock-2307189727-66841dd7232da-768x513.webp)
How to Keep Romance Alive for a Successful Marriage
Sometimes, the busyness of life can wear your relationship down. Author Mitch Temple and Dr. Bill Maier offer some tips on bringing the romance back for a successful marriage.
![A woman perfectly tidies a vase of flowers in an immaculate living room. Perfectionism in Marriage isn't healthy for us or our relationships.](https://www.focusonthefamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/perfectionism-shutterstock-2420203963-667333f40f7e8-768x512.webp)
Perfectionism in Marriage Isn’t the Point
Perfectionism can take its toll on marriage. To release yourself and your spouse from the pressure to be perfect, fall back on the grace of God.