Marriage Champions

· 00:25 – Background. Upbringing impacted family friendly church work. · 06:35 – Impact of children not continuing in faith after leaving the church impacted thinking. · 09:27 – Value of marriage and family in church and society have declined. Strong families are prerequisite for strong churches and communities. · 17:29 – Churches impact on families can be good or bad. Provide place for family in...

· 00:36 – Background. First involvement with marriages. Helping young married couples. Pastor of family life. Marriage Counselor. Training marriage mentor couples in churches. · 08:23 – Difference between a marriage mentor, coach, and counselor. · 10:04 – Developing marriage mentoring program. Mentoring is two on two discipleship. Content of marriage mentoring. Ten Topics. · 12:31 – Biggest proble...

· 00:00 – Background and family. · 02:09 – State of marriage and consequences for society. GK Chesterton quote. · 07:12 – Ubiquitous understanding of marriage throughout time and societies. Destruction of family. · 12:35 – State of marriage in church. Failure to adequately communicate purpose and nature of marriage. · 16:19 – Vital connection between marriage/family and Christian Cultural and Grea...

· 00:29 – Backgrounds of Jeeva and Sulojana Sam. · 04:35 – Personal experience with arranged marriage. Thoughts on premarital process. · 09:28 – Experience with marriage mentoring. Going through 40 Day Marriage Dare. Working with businessmen, entrepreneurs and their marriages. · 19:04 – Approach - focusing on individual problems not marriage problems. Dealing with past hurts and problems. · 24:22...

· 00:30 –  Background. Interest in law. Path to marriage ministry.   · 04:09 – Marriage ministry passions - counseling, events, and helping couples honor their marriages. · 06:44 – Practical steps for helping other couples. Pray for specific couple. Reach out and befriend a couple. Take out for coffee. Babysit for younger couples. · 11:11 –  Major challenges facing couples. Busyness...

• 00:16 – Background – family, marriage ministry. Impact of men's groups on life.  • 04:51 – Watermark Church’s impact on vision for marriage ministry.  • 05:58 – Why so few churches have marriage ministries. Importance and impact of marriage ministries.  • 08:30 – Raising awareness of importance of marriage ministry in local church.  • 10:29 – Reactive v. proactive marriage mi...

· 00:00 Background of How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk book and title. · 05:25 Background as church planter, pastor, marriage counselor, creator of relationship programs for singles, dating and married couples in and outside churches. Training military chaplains working with singles. · 18:59 Impact of marriage and relational breakdown on loss of faith. Relational problems are major felt need in Americ...

00:02 Background. Work in politics and policy. Family experiences. Community wide marriage initiative in Jacksonville, FL. Start of Communio. 08:05 Foundational importance of marriage and family to society and church. Impact of marriage on church participation. Youth work is a “search and rescue” mission. Central importance of marriage and family ministry in the church. 17:00 Cohabitation. Impact...

· 08:05 Importance of community to strengthen marriage and family. Challenges of early marriage years. Time of discovery, reorientation. · 14:09 Grace of God, Holy Spirit to get through hard times. Importance of forgiveness. · 18:42 Importance of role models and children who help us to change. · 20:03 Key marriage practices, e.g. prayer, regulating media intake as a family, and regular husband/wif...

00:01  Background - Raised in Canada. Experience with God. Involvement with Transform Our World. 05:26 Jesus' approach to evangelism in Luke 10 - bless, fellowship, minister, and proclaim. 13:33 Prayer evangelism - changing spiritual climate of neighborhood and community. A lifestyle. Talk to God about people before talking to people about God. 16:36 Experiences with prayer evangelism in cond...

· 00:36 Background. Family, friends’ divorces sparked concern for marriages. Moved to San Antonio. · 03:44 Impetus for San Antonio Marriage Initiative. Great marriage resources nationally but missing grassroots, community initiatives. Learned from Mike McManus and Community Marriage Policies. · 05:53 Met with hundreds of marriage leaders in city. Goal is create a network of marriage organizations...

00:33 Background. Marriage Ministry in Church. Starting ministry to help marriages be real, fun, and simple. 03:26 Started Married People to help smaller churches find resources and make materials their own. 05:19 Helping churches move from reactive to proactive marriage ministry. 06:48 Challenge of marriage ministry in the Covid era. 10:58 The attractiveness of a healthy marriage to people outsid...

00:46 From the Air Force to starting a marriage coaching ministry. 05:50 Struggles in own marriage and impact of parents' lifelong marriage. 07:51 Condition of marriages and families today. 10:03 The vision of Marriage Team. Training volunteer couples to be marriage coaches. 12:47 Difference between coaching, counseling, and mentoring. 16:10 Facilitators use of marriage assessments. Creating aware...

00:37 Experience as Dallas Cowboys chaplain.  Relationship with Coach Tom Laundry. 08:01 Background - Family, father as a role model. 15:51 Importance of a father in a child's life. Looking at Scriptures. Raising up next generation. 38:33 Characteristics of a good father. 53:42 Loving, caring, modeling, investing in others. Personal accountability. 1:00:24 Commitment in marriage. Serving as a...

00:32 Robert's background and upbringing. 07:58 Growing confusion, challenges facing men in changing culture, society. 11:55 Definition, qualities of a man. God's design for men. Qualities laid out in Genesis. 22:20 Application of four pillars to single men's lives. 25:39 Manhood blessing Jesus received. Application to fathers and sons today. 30:15 Marriage models: traditional, egalitarian, biblic...

00:46 Personal journey taught her about emotional, spiritual and relational health. Gained tools to help others today. 05:22 Challenges and 18 years on mission field led her and husband to coach others about relational and emotional skills. 09:30 Traumas, challenges taught skills for connecting with God and others at a heart level. Power and importance of joy and appreciation. 15:27 Immanuel Praye...

Topics discussed include: · 00:59 Life changing paradigm - Family as a calling, a vocation. Wrote book with his daughter on family vocation. · 07:09  Role marriage and family play in human flourishing. · 14:59 Important element of Protestant Reformation - Revival of marriage and family. · 24:41 Marriage, husbands and wives reflects relationship of God with His people. Nature of service, love,...

Topics include: · 02:21 Background and origin of his interest in marriage. · 04:31 State of marriage in society today. · 06:27 Implications of marriage and family breakdown today. · 07:51 River metaphor for marriages, e.g. current, being intentional. · 11:57  Key pressures facing marriages. Busyness. Social media. · 15:30 Modern, psychological marriage. New skills required. · 22:00 Consumer c...

Topics discussed include: 00:30 Book, Marriage on Mission. Marriage comes before ministry or mission. 04:18 Wrote book sharing marriage struggles to encourage others. 07:37 Background, church planting, burn out, marriage struggles. 10:56 Quit fighting. Reached out for help. Started fighting for their marriage. 14:53 Stopped blaming wife and took ownership for own issues, problems. 16:16 Challenge...

00:27 Growing up in broken home. Importance of grandfather as role model. 07:44 His call to start a men's ministry. 10:02 What is manhood? Ways people have tried to define it. Bible and Jesus define it. 25:49 Manhood. Identity in Christ. 33:23 Marriage relationship and God as head of marriage. 39:50 Importance of openness, honesty in marriage. Dealing with sin issues. 47:14  Five reasons men...

00:42  Redemptive story of Matt's parents' marriage. 07:28  Matt's background. Dare's creation. Partnership with Love & Respect. 12:22  Biggest challenges facing marriages today. 16:43  Roles and responsibilities of husbands and wives and working that out in marriage. 22:46  Husbands and wives making decisions and negotiating together. 26:05  Husbands being leader...

01:13:  Personal experience with marriage: challenges, frustration and change of attitude.  07:52:  Changed perspective on marriage. Important influencers, e.g. Family Life, Tony Evans, developing a biblical perspective on life and marriage.   10:39  Challenges facing marriages today.  Impact of feminist movement. 12:52  Key attitude towards marriage.  Glori...

00:53 Background and training at John Paul II Institute: Impact of Dr. Francis Martin on His life. 07:59 State of theology on marriage. Impact of unbiblical understanding of human person. Biblical view of marriage. 19:15 Biblical vision of marriage in Genesis. 27:05 Importance of marriage and family being rediscovered. Subtext of marriage and family in Genesis 2 and Ephesians 5. 46:32 Continuity a...

01:03  Care Ministry Responsibilities:  marriage, prayer, freedom, visitation, meals and missionary care. 02:25  How they met and got married. 04:12  Beginning of marriage ministry work at River Valley Church. 08:05  Lessons learned in own marriage.  Any brokenness in our lives is brought into marriage.  Importance of support groups, friends. 15:35  Advice f...

Dr. Carlson is President Emeritus of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society ; former director of the Family in America Studies Center; and founder and long time International Secretary of the World Congress of Families 01:05  His work on National Commission on Children Under President Reagan 06:01  Nature and purpose of marriage found in Genesis. 08:39  Economic, social,...