3 Reasons to Use Email to Impact Marriages In Your Church
We have found that there is one simple but effective thing every church can do that impacts every couple. One of the best things your church can do to help married couples is send them regular, bite-sized tips and reminders through email.
How Your Church Can Use the MP Membership
What does our new membership resource mean for your marriage ministry? Even though we’ve created this for couples, we still want your church to succeed when it comes to helping couples.
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[WEBINAR] How to Help Couples be Proactive in Their Marriage
Juggling lots of responsibilities—either in marriage or in ministry—takes planning ahead. It takes having a proactive approach to issues, rather than just reacting as they happen. It takes creating a plan and sticking to that plan.
How Traffic Lights Can Help Your Pre-Marriage Ministry
Years ago in our pre-married class, I started to use the image of a traffic light to help couples discern next steps in their relationship. While in our class, the lights have nothing to do with automobile traffic, they do provide a helpful guide for ministry leaders and mentor couples.
How to Use the Momentum from Valentine’s Day
Most marriage ministries are wise to build up excitement about a marriage event for Valentine’s Day. The foolishness comes when we forget to plan for marriage ministry wins beyond Valentine’s.
Why Valentine’s Day is a Big Deal in Marriage Ministry
The size of Valentine’s Day reveals that people care about their relationships, especially their marriage. They’re willing to spend time and money on it, but they aren’t always sure what the right solutions are. Why can’t we meet couples’ needs through the church?
Last-Minute Valentine’s Day Ideas for Your Church
What do you do when you realize that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but your church hasn’t done anything to prepare? Here’s a few last-minute ideas to help you out!
Creating A Mission Statement For Your Marriage Ministry
We believed the most important thing we could do was to align all the marriage opportunities around a joint mission. We knew that our mission statement would define the purpose of the ministry, build unity with all those who served in the ministry, provide clarity, and give us laser focus for all our ministry activities.
What’s the Purpose of Marriage Ministry?
Keeping couples married is paramount for a healthy home. And a marriage ministry has the privilege of providing a place for couples to invest in their marriage, so families are less likely to implode.
5 Steps to Stick to Your Marriage Ministry Goals
If I were to ask you if marriage ministry is important, what would you say? Most people who work with and near families quickly answer this question with a resounding, yes! If I were to ask if marriage ministry is urgent, what would you say?
Setting Goals For Your Marriage Ministry in the New Year
Is your church viewed as a place where people can receive the practical help they need for their marriages and families? Whether you have a thriving marriage ministry or it’s just at the visualizing stage, setting realistic goals for the coming year will help you help others.
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2018
We publish a new post for church leaders working with marriages every week—Thursday mornings to be exact. That more than 50 blog posts every year. Here are the top 10 articles we shared in 2018.
The One Must For Every Married Couple in Ministry
A few years ago, my wife Nancie and I hosted a Q & A luncheon at a youth pastor’s conference entitled, “Married and in Ministry.” The room was packed. Not because of us, but because of the topic.
3 Ways to Prioritize God in Your Marriage
I’m married and I love Jesus. I also love this truth from the book from Ted Lowe and Doug Fields. Its not something I’ve always understood, and its not something I’ve done perfectly in 16 years of marriage. It is, however, something I’ve come to see as completely and fully true.
How to Move from Managing to Leading Your Church
It’s been said many times by many different people that everything rises or falls on leadership. I don’t think that’s ever truer than in ministry. Charles McKay, a former professor at California Baptist College, used to say, “If you want to know the temperature of your church, put the thermometer in your mouth.” You can’t ever take people further than you are yourself, spiritually or any other way.
