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Marriage Care Before, During, and Beyond the Vows

Covenant Starts Before the Wedding.

We prepare couples and equip the leaders who walk with them.

The Covenant Marriage Care Institute provides structured, faith-centered marriage preparation, facilitator training, first-year follow-up, and a growing ecosystem of covenant care designed to strengthen marriages for generations.

Before the Vows — Participant Workbook cover
Before the Vows — Participant Workbook
Before the Vows — Facilitator Manual cover
Before the Vows — Facilitator Manual

6 Sessions

Structured premarital formation

First-Year Follow-Up

90 days • 6 months • 12 months

Certified Facilitators

Equipped with tools and protocols

EN • FR

Bilingual resources

Why the Institute Exists

Marriage preparation should be more than planning a ceremony.

01

Prepare Couples

Develop self-awareness, understand one another, address difficult realities, and build a shared covenant vision before marriage.

02

Equip Leaders

Train pastors, coaches, mentors, and marriage-care leaders with manuals, forms, referral protocols, and repeatable session frameworks.

03

Strengthen the First Year

Continue care beyond the wedding through scheduled 90-day, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up conversations.

Flagship Program • Level One

Before the Vows

A structured six-session marriage-preparation journey combining guided conversation, intentional transparency, communication work, practical preparation, covenant formation, and first-year follow-up.

View the Program
  • Six guided marriage-preparation sessions
  • Participant Workbook
  • Facilitator Manual
  • Standardized forms
  • Structured disclosure
  • 90-day follow-up
  • 6-month follow-up
  • 12-month follow-up

Certified Marriage Preparation Facilitator

Equip leaders to prepare couples with confidence.

01

Learn

02

Practice

03

Demonstrate

04

Develop

Begin the Certification Pathway

Bilingual by Design

One Institute. Two languages. One standard of care.

English Resources

The full Before the Vows library, forms, and training in English.

Ressources en Français

L'ensemble de la bibliothèque Avant les Vœux, disponible en français.

Protected Facilitator Portal

Credentialed access to proprietary Institute materials in both languages.

Build for Generations

Preparing for marriage is the beginning—not the finish line.