Marriage Friendly Church, The

Product Description: You no longer have to assume how well your congregation is supporting healthy marriages. Dr. Camp presents a clear path for evaluating the church’s marriage friendliness and offers a proactive path for building stronger marriages for the future. Author Information Dr. Daniel Camp and his wife Lisa have been married for 16 years and they have three children; two daughters and a son. Dr. Camp began preaching at 17 years old. After earning a B.A. degree from Lipscomb University he served as youth and family minister for 8 ½ years in Portland, TN. He moved to Smyrna where he has been for the last 13 years, serving as the Family Life Minister at the Smyrna Church of Christ. In addition to a B.A., Dr. Camp earned a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Divinity degree from Lipscomb University. He completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Abilene Christian University, focusing on the theology and ecclesiology of marriage. He is certified by the American Association of Christian Counselors as a Life and Marriage Coach, and is co-founder and co-director of Remembering Our First Love Marriage Ministries. Dr. Camp has a passion for helping churches reclaim Christ-centered marriage as a powerful witness of the goodness of God in our world. Table of Contents Foreword Introduction and Purpose 1. Why Do We Need This? 2. Changing the Church Marriage Culture 3. Phase 1: The Whispers in the Hallway 4. Phase 2: Analyzing the Landscape 5. Phase 3: The Formal Voice of Marriage 6. Finding a Theology of Marriage 7. Phase 4: Sorting It All Out 8. Phase 5: Ready, Set, Action! 9. Keeping It Alive 10. Difficult Conversations Conclusion – Eating the Elephant