People in a marriage breakup aren’t telling you everything about their pain
You get the edited version. The one that keeps them from sounding like they’re losing their minds. The retelling that ensures you won’t question their faith. The testimony that keeps you in the dark.
Why won’t they share the whole story?
Many people facing a marriage breakup are embarrassed, even ashamed, to reveal what they’re going through. And especially if they’re Christians.
So, at best, they suffer in silence. At worst, they leave churches because they don’t feel they’re being cared for adequately, and no one understands.
You don’t know what you don’t know
That’s what led us to write 9 Things People Wish Their Pastors Knew About Divorce. We want you to be aware of what people experiencing a separation or divorce truly wrestle with so you’ll be even more equipped to minister to hurting people in your church and community.
How do we know what divorced
people aren’t sharing?
For over 30 years, DivorceCare has created resources that equip laypeople to lead church-based, Christ-centered divorce recovery programs. In that time, we’ve interviewed hundreds of separated or divorced people and respected Christian counselors, pastors, and teachers with extensive experience in divorce care. For years we’ve used their insights to create DivorceCare support group materials. And now we’ve taken some of what we’ve learned and put it in this ebook to help pastors, like you.
DivorceCare as an outreach tool
Pastors share how DivorceCare provides a vital outreach and ministry opportunity to the hurting people in their communities.
