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Pre-Marital Counseling for Congregations in Partnership

-David Wesley

 In earlier posts I have defined five patterns for healthy partnerships. I will be at a large church this weekend that invited me to speak to their congregation about aspects from my book A Common Mission that would help them as they begin a new partnership. I have chosen to re-frame the five patterns in terms of marriage counseling for congregations in two different cultures. There are many parallels since marriage is a cross-cultural partnership. Most important is the fourth pattern that reminds us that any successful partnership between congregations or individuals focuses on God and His mission.  The following are some of my power point slides that I will be using:


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