Resource for Families: Faith Matters in Divorce

Have you ever heard the saying  "If you say something enough it becomes true"? There's a slogan that has been going around Christendom for years that the divorce rate in the church is the same as that outside the church. It's quoted often in youth ministry circles. Here's a great article from the Baptist Press that challenges that exact notion and finds it false...

"The divorce rates of Christian believers are not identical to the general population -- not even close. Being a committed, faithful believer makes a measurable difference in marriage.

Saying you believe something or merely belonging to a church, unsurprisingly, does little for marriage. But the more you are involved in the actual practice of your faith in real ways -- through submitting yourself to a serious body of believers, learning regularly from Scripture, being in communion with God though prayer individually and with your spouse and children, and having friends and family around you who challenge you to take you marriage's seriously -- the greater difference this makes in strengthening both the quality and longevity of our marriages. Faith does matter and the leading sociologists of family and religion tell us so."

To read the entire article click here.

Thanks to Steve for the lead to this article.