Commonly referred to as “premarital ministry”, Fellowship has a passion for shepherding couples through the premarital season of their lives. Whether a couple has been engaged for a few months or are blending families, we take the opportunity seriously to lay a biblically based foundation for a lifetime of covenant commitment. The primary way we do this is through a three-fold premarital process.

The Premarital Meeting

This meeting takes place once a couple registers online for the premarital process – when they want to be married on one of Fellowship’s campuses or by a Fellowship pastor. In the Premarital Meeting, the engaged couple meets with two Care Pastors for approximately 60 minutes. The pastors cover the elders’ written statement on marriage for the purpose of establishing a relationship with Jesus, understanding covenant marriage, and committing to holistic purity. We invite the couple to attend the upcoming Weekender and also talk through the details of the premarital assessment tools which are used later by the premarital mentor couple. Click the button below to begin the wedding process.

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The Becoming ONE Weekender.

The Weekender is a “mini conference” hosted four times a year. The event is all-inclusive on Friday and Saturday nights on our West Little Rock campus. The cost is $100 per couple to cover the expense of materials, meals, snacks, etc. The Weekender is comprised of six sessions and six breakout sessions. Couples in attendance hear from a variety of speakers and are led by Group Leaders. The Weekender notebook then serves as personalized material for each couple to utilize in their premarital mentoring experience. To learn more, click the button below.

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Premarital Mentoring

The Care Team trains and equips married couples to serve the church as premarital mentors. Modeled after the mentoring strategies of Family Life, the premarital mentors are typically only a chapter or two ahead in life of the engaged couple. Rather than teaching marriage concepts, the mentor couple is prepared to truly engage in the personal lives, questions, and concerns of the engaged couple. Mentoring typically occurs over the course of 4-6 sessions. In addition to the notes the couple writes down during the Weekender, the mentor couples also use the results of the Prepare Enrich assessment and the All About Me questionnaire completed by each couple. To learn more, or to get connected to a mentor email [email protected]