Churches Should Invest in Marriage Ministry
by Phil Smidt, Pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle We Need Marriage Ministry My wife and I recently celebrated our 18th anniversary, finally reaching adulthood in our marriage. God has been gracious to us, as we have experienced marital growing pains of all sorts from my wife Jen’s toddler-like tantrums to my own teenage-esque legalisms. We are grateful God has been committed to growing us up in relationship with him and each other. Every person pursuing marriage and married couple is in a phase of maturity and character development where they need godly instruction and encouragement. But, if the church isn’t providing that for them, who will? Without a strong vision of marriage from church leadership, people will turn elsewhere for their marital cues and cures. When the ...
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