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How to Stay Married and Stay in Ministry

Being married when you have a job is hard. It’s even more of a challenge when you’re a pastor. Here’s a few ways that you can have a successful marriage and survive in ministry.

How Ministry Will Test Your Marriage

Hear me if you are a young minister considering marriage—pastoral ministry is not a Norman Rockwell painting. Pastoral ministry will test the very bonds of your covenant marriage many times. 

Measuring the Success of Your Marriage Ministry

One of the biggest challenges of marriage ministry is that it’s important, but not urgent. How then do you measure the success of your marriage ministry?

5 Solutions to Providing Childcare at Your Next Marriage Event

One of the biggest things preventing couples from attending marriage events is childcare. But this can be a tough service to provide. Here are five places you can rely on for childcare at your next event.

How to Work with Your Church’s Communications Staff

During one of our recent marriage ministry webinars, a church leader asked how she could better work with the communications staff at her church. She was having trouble getting marriage content added to the website and social media. Maybe this is a challenge you can...

MP Scope and Cycle: What to Do . . . and When

by Tim Walker When my boys were younger, we had a huge plastic container filled with Legos®. My parents had kept the container for years, and it was an amalgamation of various sizes, shapes, colors, and sets. Other than the random blocks that would somehow end up...

MarriedPeople Spotlight: Journey Church

We have amazing MarriedPeople partner churches. These marriage champions are taking the MarriedPeople resources and doing things that are above and beyond anything we dreamed about. We want you to meet them. So once a month, we’ll spotlight a different church that is...

The Unfortunate Way Everyone Grows as a Leader

by Tim Parsons I’m not sure about you, but I am a life-long learner.  I’m not sure where I picked it up or inherited it from, but I am constantly looking for more information on how to lead better.  I read books and blogs, I attend conferences, and I meet and talk...

OC17 Breakout Notes: The MarriedPeople Strategy Whys and Hows

Orange Conference 2017- Breakout Notes THE MARRIEDPEOPLE STRATEGY: WHYS AND HOWS Thursday, April 27th 10:45 -11:45am Speakers: Ted Lowe, Heather Matarazzo, and Josh Fortney I. APPROACHES TO MARRIAGE MINISTRY THAT FALL SHORT THE HANDS-OFF APPROACH: Many churches do...

OC17 Breakout Notes: MarriedPeople Interactive

Orange Conference 2017- Breakout Notes MarriedPeople INTERACTIVE Wednesday, April 26th 3:00-4:15pm Speakers: Todd Graham (@Toddgraham83)  & Ted Lowe (@tedlowe) INDIVIDUAL COUPLES DATE NIGHTS Why Date Nights? Date nights are what couples have asked for and understand...

OC17 Breakout Notes: Our Best US

Orange Conference 2017: Breakout Notes OUR BEST US Breakout Notes for Wednesday, April 26th 9:30 am - 10:30 am Speaker: Ted Lowe So what does it take to have a great marriage? Hard work? Compatibility? Chemistry? Communication? While there is truth in all of the...

MarriedPeople Spotlight: Devonshire Church

We have amazing MarriedPeople partner churches. These marriage champions are taking the MarriedPeople resources and doing things that are above and beyond anything we dreamed about. We want you to meet them. So once a month, we’ll spotlight a different church that is...

Impact Marriages, Impact Families

by Adam Roberson Do you ever look at your spouse and remember what it felt like to fall in love with them? Remember what it was like to feel your whole world light up when they called and to feel those little butterflies swooping through your stomach at just the...

The 5 Temptations of a Church Leader, Husband, & Dad

by Carey Nieuwhof Almost all of us lead in at least two areas of our lives: at work and at home. Personally, I’'ve been a husband to Toni for 24 years, a dad for 22 years (raising two pretty amazing sons—ages 22 and 18), and a church leader for 19 years (this week!)....

MarriedPeople Spotlight: Lenexa Baptist Church in KS

At the Orange Conference in April, we re-confirmed an important truth that we already knew—we have some amazing MarriedPeople partner churches. These marriage champions are taking the MarriedPeople resources and doing things that are above and beyond anything we...

Being Strategic About Weddings

by Ted Cunningham I love weddings. My retirement plans include running on a small wedding chapel on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri. I’'ve officiated outdoor weddings, backyard weddings, destination weddings, traditional weddings, sunset on the lake weddings,...

MarriedPeople Spotlight: Lakeshore Church

We have amazing MarriedPeople partner churches. These marriage champions are taking the MarriedPeople resources and doing things that are above and beyond anything we dreamed about. We want you to meet them. So once a month, we’ll spotlight a different church that is...

Sneak Peek at the new MarriedPeople Strategy Pack, CLEAR

While our team is busy putting the finishing touches on our new annual Strategy Pack, we wanted to give you a sneak peek at what is coming soon. The new CLEAR Strategy Pack will be available for purchase April 1. At the launch of CLEAR, many of the files for the...