nebula Posted February 24, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Marriage Savers 'Divorce-Proofing' Couples By Paul Strand Monday, February 22, 2010 The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. Please click on the link below to download the latest version. Thanks! Embed: Link: Ad Feedback KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- In a time when many Americans accept that a 50 percent divorce rate is inevitable, some communities have found ways to nearly "divorce-proof" the marriages in their area. One example is the Kansas City metro area. While the divorce rate in Kansas City, Mo. was going up between 1995 and 2005, just across the border in smaller Kansas City, Kan., the divorce rate was plunging. <snip> Since some 80 percent of couples get married in a church, Meyers realized pastors might have more power to strengthen marriages than most consider. "I thought, 'Where's the church?' This is our issue. This is the thing we should be dealing with," Meyers said. That's when Meyers began interacting with Mike and Harriet McManus of Marriage Savers . The Maryland couple pushes all sorts of methods for strengthening marriage, including getting as many religious leaders in an area as possible to band together and sign a Community Marriage Policy. With that, they pledge not to marry anyone in their houses of worship unless that couple takes a pre-marital inventory and holds pre-marriage sessions with a pastor or marriage mentors. Meyers teamed up with Pastor Leroy Sullivan of the inner-city Bread of Life Church. The two came from different worlds, but felt the same urgency about dealing with the divorce crisis, and the failure of most churches to do so. "We're so busy talking about 'Let's go to heaven,' we never teach people how to live on earth," Sullivan said. Read the rest or watch the video here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracks77 Posted February 24, 2010 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 18 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/08/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/07/1959 Share Posted February 24, 2010 My dad is a pastor and for years, he has been requiring pre-marital counseling before he will marry a couple. It's a great idea and allows the couple to really see where they stand on issues of life and marriage amoung other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted February 24, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 They also have a mentorship program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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