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Keeping families together impacts community, education, business, social services, crime, poverty, economy, health care, child abuse & domestic violence

We provide marriage education which teaches communication and problem solving skills.  It is different from counseling in that we do not focus on the cause of the behavior but rather the behavior itself.  We teach skills on how to change behavior and how to avoid undesirable behavior from your partner.

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Our Calling

Our journey to help Christian marriages succeed and flourish began when Ken was called out of the business world after 30 years of service. Reviving a college interest in counseling, Ken attended a lay counseling training program where God called him to help preserve marriages. Sadly, Ken and Stephanie have witnessed the effects of divorce on local churches. Ken and Stephanie have been married for over 30 years and have two grown children and a daughter-in-law. They have devoted themselves to work together in the cause of preserving and strengthening Christian marriages. We believe the following verse describes our calling: "I have become its servant (the church as the body of Christ) by the commission of God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness." Colossians 1:25

The Need

Marriage and divorce effects much more than the bride and the groom. It also effects the parents of both and especially the children, if so blessed. But the effects of divorce on the children is both sad and significant. "Children of divorce are three times as likely as those from intact homes to be expelled from school or to have a baby as a teenager, five times as apt to live in poverty and are 12 times more likely to be incarcerated according to the Heritage Foundation" Most divorces are preventable. Barna research reports that the divorce among born-again Christians is as high as among non-Christian families (Sept, 2004). Since 86% of all weddings take place in churches (Peter Hart, 2003), the church is the proper venue for marriage education. Married 4 Keeps trains pastors and leaders to prepare and protect marriages.

Our Vision

We strive to make divorces among Christians almost non-existent and instead replace them with vibrant healthy marriages starting with our county and expanding through our state and country. The importance of marriage and family is evident throughout the New Testament's description of both the Godhead (Jesus as the Son of God and God the Father) and the church (the bride of Christ). We believe marriages and families should be glorifying to God to the extent that others desire to know God and want a similar relationship with their spouse and family.

Our Mission

Married 4 Keeps trains teenagers, single adults, married adults, pastors, and leaders how to form, enrich, sustain, and protect relationships so that their marriages or their congregation's marriages will be happy, healthy marriages. Above all, we want relationships and families that glorify God and are godly examples to others.

Did you know that divorce costs everyone?

Besides the cost to the children and families who have been victimized by divorce, divorce creates a huge financial burden on society. According to Logan, UT:  Utah State University, the average total cost of divorce (including direct and indirect costs) is $30,000.  In Orange County we have approximately 1000 divorce filings per month.  That is potentially a cost of $30 million per month (including child support enforcement, Medicaid, TANF funds, food stamps, public housing, correctional facilities, unwed child bearing, drug problems, delinquency, criminality, and other social problems associated with divorce).

What can be done

We are trained marriage educators using the most effective and most researched marriage intervention program.  In 16 hours, some studies have shown that, the  program we use can increase marital satisfaction an average of at least 50%.  Community Marriage Initiatives have been shown to reduce the divorce rate by 50% in seven communities and has nearly eliminated divorce in some churches. 

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 We have given our lives into this work.  We can't think of a better investment that we can make.  Can you?  If you agree, click on the pay pal link.

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Protestant Healthy Families Coalition

The Protestant Healthy Families Coalition are those Protestant churches who are so committed to Marriage Education that they have joined this coalition to receive training from Married 4 Keeps in Orange County, Southern California.

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                Ken & Stephanie Schaefer

        President & Chief Financial Officer of Married 4 Keeps

Ken & Stephanie, who have been married over 30 years, are both marriage educators and parents of two grown children.  Ken is a Master's of Arts degree student of Christian Ministry and Leadership with emphasis on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Talbot School of Theology (Biola University). 

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714-836-0718
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P O BOX 10820 SANTA ANA, CA 92711-0820
         (Orange County, Southern California)
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For Ken:  Ken@Married4Keeps.org
For Stephanie:  Stephanie@Married4Keeps.org

 

   

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