The marriage rate has plunged 50% since 1970.  >  Half of all new marriages end in divorce.  >  Cohabitation diverts tens of millions of the marriage eligible from ever marrying.  >  Those who marry after living together are 50% more likely to divorce.  >  More than 5.4 million couples live together outside of marriage.  >  40% of children are born out-of-wedlock.  They are 5 times more likely to live in poverty than those in intact homes and 4 times more likely to be expelled from school or jailed.  >  Only 45% of teenagers live with their married mother and father.  >  Every divorce destroys a tiny civilization  >  AIMING FOR THE BEST: Preparing a man and a woman for a lifetime of successful marriage.
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CMPs: Where Are They? Everywhere...100s of  CMPs are active across the US
More than 200 communities are participating in CMPs.   City State Status Contact Organization Tuscaloosa Alabama Signed Dr. William F. Scroggins Tuscaloosa Prayer Network Tuscaloosa Alabama Signed Pastor Donald Payne Forest Lake Baptist Church Owens Cross Roads Alabama Signed Ms. Debbie Preece Madison County Coalition for Healthy Marriages Montgomery Alabama Signed Rev. John Schmidt Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church Opelika Alabama Signed Rev. Mike Morehouse Innovative Consulting Research Birmingham Alabama Organizing Mr. Rod Marshall Alabama Baptist Children's Home Birmingham Alabama Organizing Pastor Calvin Kelly Valleydale Baptist Church Soldotna Alaska Signed Pastor Charles G. Thornton Peninsula Grace Brethren Church Wasilla Alaska Signed Rev. Bob Byron Mid-Valley Christian Center Kasilof Alaska Signed Paul Kupferschmid Kasilof Community Church Yuma Arizona Signed The Rev. Thomas H. Phillips St. Paul's Episcopal Church Mena Arkansas Signed Frank & Edith Hebert   Siloam Springs Arkansas Signed Rev. Glen Jones   Hot Springs Arkansas Signed Ted and Susan Smethers   Atwater California Signed Rev. Deanna Rorabaugh Ariel Dear Family Church Modesto California Signed Mr. Michael D. Douglass Advancing Vibrant Communities Modesto California Signed Joe & Michelle Williams International Center for Reconciling God's Way Davis California Signed Dr. Pete Sabey   Pinedale California Signed Rev. Ron McLain, M.A. Marriage Mentoring Ministries Ventura California Signed Rev. Tony Cervero First Assembly of God Ventura California Signed Rev. Paul Dugan Community Presbyterian Church Claremont California Signed Ken Allison San Gabriel Valley Marriage Resource Council Sacramento California Signed Rev. Paul Thompson Capital Christian Center Riverside California Signed Brian Park Bridges Fellowship San Diego California Organizing Ms. Cathy M. Brown Marriage Education & Enhancement Oakland California Organizing Pastor Dion Evans Chosen Vessels Christian Church Reedley California Organizing Pastor Ray O'Neil Mennonite Brethren Church Anaheim California Organizing Mr. Dennis Stoica Orange County Marriage Resource Center El Cajon California Organizing David & Michelle Ready   La Mesa California Organizing Bill & Mary Beth Difley Skyline Wesleyan Church Sacramento California Organizing Carolyn Curtis   El Cajon California Organizing Ms. Shirley Alvarado   Tracy California Unknown Rev. Don Higgins Crossroads Christian Church Vallejo California Unknown Rev. Al Marks First Baptist Church Westminster Colorado Signed Mr. Jim Chapman Rocky Mountain Family Council Colorado Springs Colorado Signed Pastor Steve Holt Mountain Springs Church Fairfield Connecticut Signed Rev. Dan McCandless Black Rock Congregational Church Fairfield Connecticut Signed Stephen Gilbert South Connecticut Christian Center Bethel Connecticut Signed Rev. Sheldon Smith The First Congregational Church of Bethel Hartford Connecticut Organizing Brian Brown Family Institute of Connecticut Dover Delaware Signed Rev. Rick Hamme Christ Memorial Baptist Church Naples Florida Signed Mr. Robert P. Matheson Financial Divorce Planning Indialantic Florida Signed Ms. Laura Dodson Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Community Tallahassee Florida Signed Mr. Richard Albertson Live the Life Ministries, Inc. Babson Park Florida Signed Dr. Virgil Ullom   Sarasota Florida Signed Jim & Marlene Campana Marriage Savers of the Suncoast Vero Beach Florida Organizing Rev. Lorne Coyle Trinity Episcopal Church Largo Florida Unknown Ms. Cathy Lloyd Sun Coast Baptist Association Dalton Georgia Signed Ms. Kathy Schleier   Albany Georgia Signed Dr. William Knight, Jr. First Baptist Church Rome Georgia Signed Rev. David Harper Hollywood Baptist Church Columbus Georgia Signed Dr. Paul Fulks The Pastoral Institute Macon Georgia Organizing Dr. Edwin Chase Family Institute Peoria Illinois Signed Pastor Gerald Freudenberg   Peoria Illinois Signed Rev. Roane Deckert Northminster Presbyterian Church of Peoria Rock Island Illinois Signed Rev. Ron Quay Churches United Zion Illinois Signed Mrs. Kelsie Newbrough Marriage Builders Rockford Illinois Signed Dr. Edwin A. Hallsten   Morris Illinois Organizing Pastor Rick Barnard My Father's House of Prayer Dyer Indiana Signed Rev. Susan Zencka Dyer Presbyterian Church Kokomo Indiana Signed Mrs. Sabrina Edwards Morning Star Muncie Indiana Signed CONTACT: Westminster Presbyterian Church Crawfordsville Indiana Signed Mr/Mrs. Dennis Halford Marriage Builders of West Central Indiana New Castle Indiana Signed Pastor Jack Hannum First Baptist Church Evansville Indiana Signed Ann Gries, Ph.D. Community Marriage Builders Evansville Indiana Signed Dr. Ann Gries Community Marriage Builders Cedar Rapids Iowa Signed Rev. Charles P. Daugherty, Sr.   Des Moines Iowa Unknown Dr. Mike Hartwig Marriage Matters of Iowa Des Moines Iowa Unknown Mr. Chuck Hurley Iowa Family Policy Center Garner Iowa Unknown CONTACT: Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church Overland Park Kansas Signed Rev. Jeff Meyers Christ Lutheran Church Wichita Kansas Organizing Mr. Roger Harms   Kansas City Kansas Unknown Rev. LeRoy Sullivan Bread of Life Outreach Ministries Shelbyville Kentucky Signed Gary & Sherry Hendricks Marriage Covenant Partners of Kentuckiana Pineville Kentucky Signed Dr. Malcom Hester Clear Creek Baptist Church Lexington Kentucky Signed Dr. James Robert Ross Anchor Counseling Elizabethtown Kentucky Unknown Kent Litchfield, Rector Holy Apostles Anglican Church Owensboro Kentucky Unknown Thomas & Karen Heilers   Baton Rouge Louisiana Signed Judge Darrell White Louisiana Family Forum Baton Rouge Louisiana Signed Rev. Gene Mills Louisiana Family Forum Minden Louisiana Signed Mrs. Mikal Frazier Frazier Foundation Shreveport Louisiana Signed Ms. Nancy Victory   Pineville Louisiana Signed Mr. Craig Mooreman   Portland Maine Signed Steve & Kathy Beirne Embracing Marriage Augusta Maine Organizing Mr. Michael S. Heath Christian Civic League of Maine Solon Maine Organizing Rev. Tim Hunt New Hope Evangelical Free Church Portland Maine Organizing Pastor Mike Olmstead First Baptist Church in Portland Walkersville Maryland Signed Bob Donk Marriage Savers of Frederick County Westminster Maryland Signed Bill & Anne McKenna   Elkton Maryland Organizing Rev. Alan Bosmeny First Assembly of God Harbor Springs Michigan Signed Mr. Ward Walstrom, Jr.   Bronson Michigan Signed Pastor Jim Erwin   Adrian Michigan Signed Judge James Sheridan   Grand Rapids Michigan Signed Dr. Mark Eastburg Pine Rest Family Institute Rockford Michigan Signed Rev. Gary Raymond Bella Vista Church Port Huron Michigan Signed Pastor Randy Withenshaw Marriage and Family Builders Traverse City Michigan Signed Rev. John Ulrich Wedgewood Christian Youth & Family Services Detroit Michigan Organizing Judge Helen Brown Third Judicial Circuit Court Saginaw Michigan Unknown Rev. Don Weston   Pipestone Minnesota Signed Pastor David Bosch Pipestone Christian Reformed Church Minneapolis Minnesota Signed Mr. Tom Prichard Minnesota Family Policy Council Chanhassen Minnesota Signed Rev. Bonn Clayton Renewal Fellowship Jackson Mississippi Signed Mr. Forest Thigpen Mississippi Family Council Springfield Missouri Signed Ms. Jennifer Baker/Debbi Steinmann Forest Institute of Professional Psychology Cape Girardeau Missouri Unknown Rev. Roy & Janice Jones   Lexington Nebraska Signed Pastor Duane Russell Evangelical Free Church Chaldron Nebraska Signed Father Edward Cortney St, Patrick's Church Omaha Nebraska Signed Pastor Virgil Ediger Christ Community Church Omaha Nebraska Signed Rev. Dale Marples   Fremont Nebraska Unknown Rev. Phil Ronzheimer Fremont Alliance Church   New Hampshire Signed     Amherst New Hampshire Signed Pastor Ron Tannariello Amherst Christian Church Amherst New Hampshire Signed Mr. Desmond Coffee   Toms River New Jersey Signed Mr. Brian Swedberg Christian Counseling Center Whippany New Jersey Signed Len Deo New Jersey Family Policy Council Trenton New Jersey Organizing Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong Shiloh Baptist Church Farmington New Mexico Signed Mr. Ron Price   Alamogordo New Mexico Signed Dr. Robert G. Smith Cottonwood Christian Fellowship Las Cruces New Mexico Signed Rev. Scott Ruthven St. Andrews Episcopal Church Farmington New Mexico Unknown Rev. Carl Brenner St. John's Episcopal Church Rexford New York Unknown Rev. Peter Mason Faith Baptist Church Stanley New York Unknown Gerry & Lorraine Fish Flint Creek Family Ministries Greensboro North Carolina Signed Rebecca Starnes Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro Winston-Salem North Carolina Signed Deane Groseclose First Assembly of God Hickory North Carolina Signed Rev. Bob Thompson Corinth Reformed UCC Wilmington North Carolina Signed Steven Jessen Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church Cary North Carolina Signed Pastor Richard Dial     Ohio Signed     Canton Ohio Signed Rev. Kenneth David Scheck Zion Evenaglical Lutheran Church Millersburg Ohio Signed Joe & Linda Hershberger-Kirk Marriage Savers of Holmes County London Ohio Signed Rev. Jeffrey Poff   Springfield Ohio Signed Mr. Bob Suver Clark County Department of Job and Family Services Springfield Ohio Signed Mr. Laverne Nissley Marriage Resource Center of Miami Valley Dayton Ohio Organizing Gary Gepfrey Bridge Ministries Cincinnati Ohio Unknown Rick Schatz Nat'l Coalition for the Protection of Children Stillwater Oklahoma Signed Rusty Rhodes Calvary Assembly of God   Oregon Unknown Gordon Bergman Kingwood Bible Sanger Oregon Unknown John Biviano   Oregon City Oregon Signed Tom & Liz Dressel   Corvalis Oregon Signed CONTACT: Marriage and Families Project Lebanon Oregon Signed Pastor Brent Kauffman Lebanon Mennonite Church Brownsville Oregon Signed Pastor Gordon Rea First Baptist Church Grants Pass Oregon Signed Kathy Brown River Valley Community Church Corvallis Oregon Signed Rev. Ken Himes Friends of the Family Ministries Junction City Oregon Signed Susie Senega King's Grace Fellowship McMinnville Oregon Signed Mr. Elam Anderson McMinnville Ministerial Association Reading Pennsylvania Signed Rev. Calvin Kurtz Reading Berks Conference of Churches Bechtelsville Pennsylvania Signed Rev. John Brown Shepherd of the Hills UCC Erie Pennsylvania Signed Mr. Lee Coleman   Spring House Pennsylvania Organizing Dr. Rita DeMaria Penn Council for Relationships Manheim Pennsylvania Organizing Pastor Bill Melone Lancaster County Bible Church Dresher Pennsylvania Organizing Dr. Doug Fombelle Bethel Seminary of the East Sioux Falls South Dakota Signed Rev. David Handy Sioux Empire Marriage Savers Sioux Falls South Dakota Signed Terry Fraker   Harrisonburg South Dakota Unknown Ms. Mary Mastick   Chattanooga Tennessee Signed Mrs. Julie Baumgardner First Things First Cleveland Tennessee Signed Rev. Hubert Seals North Cleveland Church of God Nashville Tennessee Signed Dr. John Conger Dept. of Family & Consumer Science Lipscomb University Dyersburg Tennessee Signed Rev. Bob Miller Tucker Street Church Columbia Tennessee Organizing George Vrailas DAD of Tennessee Memphis Tennessee Unknown Pastor Howard A. Griffen Christ Comm. Health Svc/Families Matter Austin TX 78720 Texas Signed Dr. David Ferguson Intimate Life Ministries Dallas Texas Signed Mrs. Jana Jackson Dallas Baptist Association Dallas Texas Signed Ms. Kelly Simpson/FAR   Dallas Texas Signed Ms. Cosette Bowles The Bowles Group Dallas Texas Signed Ms. Carol Bowman Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) Abilene Texas Signed Rev. Robert Oglesby   Flower Mound Texas Signed Matt Gaston Flower Mound UMC Forney Texas Signed Kirk Luecke First Baptist Church Forney Lake Jackson Texas Signed Rev. Scott McKay Willow Drive Baptist Church Tyler Texas Signed Dr. Thomas Haygood East Texas Marriage Savers Houston Texas Organizing Pastor Edward C. Jones, III First United Methodist Church Burleson Texas Organizing Rev. Dave Wolf   Austin Texas Forming Rev. Barry Chinn Woodlawn Baptist Church Austin Texas Forming Mr. James Strickland, Executive Director, CHILD, Inc. Austin Texas Unknown Most Rev. John McCarthy Diocese of Austin El Paso Texas Unknown Mr. M. Barnet (Barney) Field Marriage Savers of El Paso Forest Virginia Signed Mr. Larry Compter, Director The Marriage Alliance of Central Virginia Harrisonburg Virginia Signed Rev. Harvey Yoder Family Life Resource Center Culpeper Virginia Signed Pastor Bernie Jernigan Open Door Baptist Church Woodbridge Virginia Signed Rev. Tim Perrin Grace Baptist Church Newport News Virginia Signed Dr. Dan Jungkuntz Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center Richmond Virginia Signed Mr. Bob Ruthazer, CFLE   Gloucester Virginia Signed Rev. Doug Nagel First Presbyterian Church Ellensburg Washington Signed Dr. James Powell   Bellevue Washington Signed Mr. Jeff Kemp Washington Family Council Martinsburg West Virginia Unknown Rev. Ed Grove Trinity United Methodist Church Huntington West Virginia Unknown Mrs. Angie Juniper   Elkhorn Wisconsin Unknown Pastor Gerry Peterson Sugar Creek Lutheran Franksville Wisconsin Unknown Rev. Dean Natterstad North Cape Lutheran Chuch Madison Wisconsin Unknown Mr. Dave Konkol Madison Marriage Savers Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin Unknown Rev. Steve Dietzler First English Lutheran Church Eau Claire Wisconsin Unknown Pastor Doug Lebsack Valleybrook Church Wausau Wisconsin Unknown Mr. Dan Kohn Human Development New Holstein Wisconsin Unknown Rev. John Schenck Zion Lutheran Church Fond du Lac Wisconsin Unknown Rev. Jeff Blain Ascension Lutheran Church   Wyoming Signed     Wright Wyoming Unknown Mike & Phyllis Puetz   Cody Wyoming Unknown Pastor Kenny Lee CMP STATUS: Organizing Cheyenne Wyoming Unknown James Elias & Kathleen Kelly Faith Initiatives of Wyoming     Unknown Mr. Harry Benson Bristol Community Family Trust Taunton   Unknown Mr. Nick Gulliford Quel Bec, Cothelstone London   Organizing Rev. Jack Scott BYTE COM INCORPORATED Surrey   Unknown Rev. Greg Schroeder Pacific Community Church Nassau   Unknown Rev. Sandra Sealy
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