Church and Marriage Go Together

 The Christian Post posted an article about a survey that found the following, 

Overall, the survey found that 80% of church attendees grew up in a home where their mother and father stayed married, a trend that remained true regardless of age. In addition, 87% of all 25- to 29-year-old never-married men in church had parents who remained married...

The Christian leader asserted that a “married dad” is the “missing ingredient now,” citing an Oxford University Press longitudinal study referenced in the Faith and Relationships study. The longitudinal study followed 3,000 adults and 350 families within a 40-year time frame...

One of the study’s most notable findings, according to De Gance, is that adults who reported a close relationship with their fathers were more likely to report having the same faith as their parents by 25 percentage points. 

On the other hand, the study found that a closer relationship with their mother did not appear to have a statistical effect on whether an adult had the same faith as their parents... 

“So, renewal, fundamentally, for those in the church interested in seeing a renewal of faith, need to see a renewal of marriage,” De Gance added. “Christian marriage is central to that...” 

...The survey also addressed cohabitation, finding that the lifestyle is rare among regular church attendees

...According to the Faith and Relationships survey, 85% of all churches in the United States report spending $0 annually on marriage and relationship ministry.

We might conclude that Churches that have abandoned traditional marriage rites, support easy divorce, and bless same sex couplings are doomed because they will have none of the ingredients (children raised in a traditional family and church) for survival. 

Frank Sinatra where are you?

Church and Marriage, Church and Marriage

Go together like a horse and carriage.

This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other.

Church and marriage, Church and marriage,

They're institutes you can't disparage.

Ask an ACNA clergy, and they will say it's elementary.

Try, try, try to separate them, it's an illusion.

Try, try, try and you only come to this conclusion:

Church and marriage, Church and marriage,

Go together like a horse and carriage.

This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other.