Marriage Ministry Resource for Churches
Strengthen the Marriages in Your Church—On Purpose
A Christ-centered marriage ministry strategy designed to help couples reconnect, grow spiritually, and build marriages that last through teaching, conferences, small groups, and ongoing discipleship.
“Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT)
We’d love to hear about your church and how we can serve you.
“A powerful, practical, and deeply encouraging resource for couples who want more than just a surviving marriage—they want a thriving one.”
— Clint Sprague, Lead Pastor, LifeMission Church
A Marriage Discipleship Strategy for Churches
The Intentional Marriage: A Guide to Building Love That Lasts was written to help churches strengthen marriages through biblical truth, practical tools, and intentional discipleship.
This is more than a marriage book or a one-time event. It is a pathway pastors and ministry leaders can use to help couples understand their patterns, grow spiritually, and take intentional action together.
The pathway can begin with personalized insight through the Intentional Marriage Health Profile™ and continue through teaching, conferences, small groups, reflection, Scripture, prayer, and practical next steps.
A Simple Process Your Church Can Implement
How the Marriage Discipleship Pathway Works
Rather than offering couples disconnected resources, this pathway gives your church a clear progression from awareness to meaningful conversation to intentional growth.
The Health Profile is most effective when it becomes the beginning of discipleship—not the end of an assessment.
STEP 1
Choose the Right Church Pathway
We begin by understanding your church, the couples you want to serve, and whether the best starting point is ongoing discipleship, a teaching series, a live event, or a blended approach.
STEP 2
Begin With Personalized Insight
Each spouse completes the Health Profile individually in approximately 12–15 minutes and receives personalized insight into strengths, growth areas, and faithful next steps.
STEP 3
Build a Shared Language
The book, teaching, small-group conversations, Scripture, prayer, and practical exercises help couples understand one another and apply the insights to everyday marriage.
STEP 4
Continue the Growth
Couples leave with practical next steps and a focused growth plan. When more support is needed, leaders can maintain appropriate boundaries and help couples connect with qualified professional care.
The result is a repeatable marriage ministry pathway that can continue long after a message, conference, or group has ended.
A Personalized Starting Point for Every Couple
Begin With Insight. Grow With Intention.
Every couple enters discipleship from a different place. The Intentional Marriage Health Profile™ helps couples understand what is happening beneath the surface of their marriage before they begin—so the teaching, conversations, and next steps become personal and meaningful.
The goal is not to label a marriage. It is to help a couple see where they are, recognize what is strong, and take their next intentional step together.
Establish a Meaningful Starting Point
In approximately 12–15 minutes, each spouse receives a personalized picture of strengths and growth areas across eight essential dimensions of marriage.
Focus the Discipleship Journey
The personalized report identifies a couple’s greatest strength and most important growth opportunity, giving the book, group teaching, and conversations immediate relevance.
Turn Insight Into Intentional Action
Practical next steps, Scripture, prayer, and a focused growth plan help couples apply what they are learning and continue building after the discipleship experience ends.
Secure and private by design. Small-group leaders do not receive private individual responses. When a counselor or designated professional is connected through the appropriate invitation process, access is explained before participation.
The Intentional Marriage Health Profile™ is an educational and discipleship resource. It is not a clinical diagnosis, mental health evaluation, crisis assessment, or substitute for professional counseling.
Clear Resources. Flexible Implementation.
What Your Church and Couples Receive
Every partnership is built around the needs, size, and ministry goals of your church. The core pathway remains consistent while the delivery can be adapted to your setting.
For Participating Couples
- A personalized Marriage Health Profile
- A Christ-centered marriage framework
- Reflection and meaningful conversation
- Scripture, prayer, and practical next steps
- A focused growth plan they can continue using
For Church & Ministry Leaders
- A clear implementation conversation and launch plan
- Flexible use in groups, classes, series, or events
- A leader-friendly structure for meaningful discussion
- Clear expectations for timing, roles, and ministry boundaries
- A repeatable pathway that can grow with the church
Optional Ministry Support
- Sunday message or marriage teaching series
- Marriage conference, retreat, or weekend
- Leader training and implementation consultation
- Bulk book orders for couples and leaders
- Follow-up support and professional referral options
Before launch, we will clearly define the deliverables, cost, timeline, leader responsibilities, and privacy expectations for your church’s pathway.
Practical Ministry Pathways
How Churches Can Use This Resource
Choose the pathway that best fits your church—we’ll help you implement it in a way that’s simple, clear, and impactful.
Ongoing Marriage Discipleship
Equip lay leaders to guide meaningful conversations using The Intentional Marriage as a discipleship resource that helps couples keep growing long after an event ends.
Marriage Series
Build a clear teaching series around a Christ-centered framework that helps couples understand their patterns, strengthen communication, and take practical steps forward.
Events & Conferences
Invite Bryan and Stephanie to lead a marriage weekend, conference, or speaking event that equips couples with biblical truth, practical tools, and meaningful momentum.
Bulk Orders for Your Church
Put this Christ-centered marriage tool directly into your congregation’s hands. When couples share a common process, change becomes practical, repeatable, and sustainable.
- Marriage series companion: align teaching with action steps couples can take home.
- Small-group friendly: conversation prompts + practical exercises work in community.
- Premarital pathway: start marriages with intentionality rather than drift.
REQUEST BULK ORDER INFORMATION
Tip: Plan on one book per couple, plus a few extra for leadership development.
Meet Bryan & Stephanie
Bryan and Stephanie Vignery have been helping couples build Christ-centered marriages for more than two decades.
Bryan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, speaker, and marriage coach who has spent years helping individuals and couples experience healing, growth, and transformation.
Stephanie brings a practical, faith-centered perspective and a passion for helping people grow physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Together, they have led marriage conferences, retreats, small groups, counseling intensives, and church events designed to help couples move from drift to purpose through awareness, healing, and intentional action.
Their mission is simple:
To help couples build marriages that reflect Christ and strengthen the churches and communities around them.
From Pastors & Leaders
Trusted by Leaders Who Care About Strong Marriages
Pastors and ministry leaders understand the need for practical, Christ-centered tools that help couples move beyond information into real transformation.
"Bryan and Stephanie have been helping to strengthen marriages at LifeMission Church for years through classes, conferences, and small groups. We are so thankful for the release of this resource to impact more marriages."
— Mary Sprague, Women's Pastor, LifeMission Church
"Every couple needs this resource. It equips couples with practical, Christ-centered wisdom to cultivate a love that is both enduring and transformative."
— Jamey Santo, Executive Pastor, LifeMission Church
"What sets this apart is its balance of faith and actionable tools—equipping couples with real ways to communicate, persevere, and thrive."
— Lance & Rebecca Harrington, Abundant Life Church
"Strong marriages don’t just happen. Marriage doesn’t fix you—it reveals you. This book helps couples navigate that with practical insight and real-life application."
— Jarod Smith, Lead Pastor, New Tribe Church
Questions Pastors and Ministry Leaders Ask
Church Partnership FAQ
Here are the most important details to consider as you explore a marriage discipleship pathway for your church.
Is this only for couples whose marriages are struggling?
How long does the Health Profile take?
What can church or small-group leaders see?
Is the Health Profile counseling or a clinical assessment?
Can our church use this without hosting a live event?
Do facilitators need to be counselors?
What does a church partnership cost?
How quickly can our church begin?
Start the Conversation
Let’s Talk About Your Church
Whether you’re exploring small groups, bulk book orders, leadership development, or a marriage event, we’d love to hear what God is doing in your church.
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