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Instructor: Mark W. Gaither
(requires 3 hours)
This theologically sound, biblically informed, and legally responsible process draws upon the model of church discipline taught in Matthew 18:15–20. The ultimate purpose is to restore the marriage by clarifying for the offending partner the severe consequences of continued sin or harmful conduct. Redemptive Divorce offers:
Christian pastors, counselors, attorneys, and lay support who attend the Redemptive Divorce seminar will discover how to offer:
- Practical solutions: Morally upright, legal recourse to restore sanity to the home and freedom to make it a safe, healthy environment for the rest of the family.
- Restored dignity: The ability to take charge of an impossible situation that once kept the upright spouse helpless and hopeless.
- Firm boundaries: Empowerment to establish moral and legal accountability for the immoral choices or behavior of the offending spouse.
- Gracious counsel: A process that offers the offending spouse a responsible path to restoration of the marriage and healing for everyone.
- A clear conscience: If properly applied, the ability to say with complete sincerity, "I gave my spouse every opportunity for restoration, but he or she chose sin over the marriage."
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Course Outline:
Session 1: "Suffering or Divorce? Finding a Way Out of the No-Win Scenario" explores the difficulties pastors and counselors commonly face when one married partner harms the other through unrepentant sin and thendefines typically misunderstood terms, dispels common myths about marriage and divorce, answers poor theology, and examines the options from a biblical perspective.
Session 2: "When Love Has to Get Tough" demonstrates the need for a proactive stance when the sin of one spouse victimizes the other or places the entire family in peril, and then explains how to use legal instruments in civil court to accomplish spiritual objectives.
Session 3: "A Team, a Goal, and a Plan" offers a step-by-step guide to implementing the redemptive divorce process, including how to subject the laws of the State to the authority of Scripture.
