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Together with Family: Flourishing in a Level Five Marriage
A Guide for Growing Your Ministry Marriage into All God Wants it to Be God did a miracle on your wedding day when he united you as husband and wife. God intends for that to be just the starting point of a journey into a full “oneness,” which will thrill you and powerfully unleash his gospel. Sadly, most marriages stop far short of God’s dream for them. Together with Family was written to help marriages, especially ministry marriages, grow and thrive. It will assist you in defining the current level of your marriage. It also offers five essential marriage habits and how to cultivate them so that your marriage can advance to the “oneness” of a Level 5 marriage. Authors Larry and Deb Walkemeyer write with experiences from over forty years of ministry leadership, decades of counseling other pastors, lessons from their own failures and triumphs, and their passion to see marriages be used as effective tools for God’s multiplication mission. The Walkemeyers draw on all these to share key learnings on successful marriages. Through scriptural teaching, compelling stories, and time-tested wisdom, they offer the path forward for marriages. Every couple, especially couples in ministry leadership, need to learn and implement these five habits that lead to true “oneness.” "If you want to move a struggling marriage to a good marriage or move a good marriage to a great marriage, Together with Family is a terrific book to show you how." — Dave and Sue Ferguson, Community Christian Church, New Thing LARRY and DEB WALKEMEYER are Co-Lead Pastors of Light & Life Christian Fellowship in Long Beach, California. Light & Life is a large urban, multi-ethnic church which has planted many churches locally and globally. Larry holds a Doctorate of Ministry, has authored eight books, and is Director of Equipping and Spiritual Engagement for Exponential. Deb holds a Doctorate in Church Leadership, is a licensed Marriage Counselor, and leads the Compton Community Garden.
148 pages, Paperback
Published January 9, 2020
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September 4, 2023
This is the only book I have read about both marriage and ministry. I have some favorite marriage books that applies to all Christian marriages with Kellers’ “The Meaning of Marriage” being at the top of this list. I have also read a bunch of good ministry books that ministry couple could apply together. But this book brings them both together in a way that is practical and speaks to the heart. In addition, the Walkemeyers are vulnerable about their own failures and growth that has been slower than they have hoped for. The whole way through the book they are encouraging, not shaming as they seek to help you aim for a level five marriage.
Some may not resonate with idea of “five levels of marriage” because it sounds non-relational or too business-like. I recommend putting those feelings aside to open your heart to honestly consider what level of marriage you are experiencing: Consumer, Convenient, Committed, Collaborative, or Communion.
I love this thought near the end of the book: “At our Christian weddings, God does this miracle of “Making two become one”, but then it’s a daily mission to pursue the divine possibilities of this oneness.”
Some may not resonate with idea of “five levels of marriage” because it sounds non-relational or too business-like. I recommend putting those feelings aside to open your heart to honestly consider what level of marriage you are experiencing: Consumer, Convenient, Committed, Collaborative, or Communion.
I love this thought near the end of the book: “At our Christian weddings, God does this miracle of “Making two become one”, but then it’s a daily mission to pursue the divine possibilities of this oneness.”
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