The Rise of Faith-Centered Premarital Counseling

A large shift is emerging in our couples commited to living their lives as Christians: premarital counseling is no longer an afterthought—a last-minute checkmark—but is currently becoming a wedding requirement and spiritual investment. This trend reflects a renewed valuing of preparation, vulnerability, and mutual growth in relationships, fitting seamlessly with a Christian vision of covenant and commitment. Why are we seeing this? Partly we think it is because of failing marriages that singles are seeing without a bibical mindset.

1. The Numbers

According to a recent study by The Knot, nearly 30% of almost 17,000 newly married or engaged couples participated in premarital counseling in 2025—and that number jumps to 39% among Gen Z couples Axios. Meanwhile, broader demand for family or couples therapy has risen more than 50% between January 2023 and January 2025 Axios.

People are more inclined to see counselors and relational health.

This number has almost doubled in the last several years!

2. What Do We Say in Christian Counseling?

Marriage is given in the covenant imagery woven throughout Scripture. Married life isn’t only about love; it’s about grace and growing in oneness (not always agreeing, and conflict will happen) together in Christ.

From a Christian counseling lens, premarital counseling offers several benefits:

• Foundation-building: Couples learn communication, conflict resolution, and emotional safety early on.

• Spiritual alignment: Integrating faith into expectations around roles, values, and vision fosters unity in Christ.

• Preventative care: Rather than waiting for crisis, couples proactively build resilience—like tuning instruments before the concert starts.

3. What are We Doing?

As marriage continues to face cultural pressures—higher relational complexity, shifting norms, and spiritual drift—this movement toward intentional, faith-informed premarital preparation could be a powerful counter-narrative.

So, we help you to focus on what you can control in your future marriage, not what the other person is doing wrong or the work that they are or are not doing.

It’s an invitation for the Church to model marriage not as a sentimental ideal but as a holy calling—built on truth, love, and direction from God. When couples begin with spiritual depth and practical wisdom, they’re better positioned to endure, thrive, and be witnesses of Christ’s covenant love.

The rise of premarital counseling signals something beautiful: younger generations are longing for deeper, grounded relationships. Christian counselors and pastors and church leaders have a golden opportunity to shape that longing into lasting fruit—marriages that reflect Christ’s sacrificial, sanctifying love.

This is what we love to see!!!