Why Your Marriage Needs True Fellowship an Community

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About This Episode Christian community isn't optional for a thriving marriage. In this episode we share how being part of a Christian community has shaped our marriage and personal growth, from leading a marriage group to being carried by brothers and sisters through hard seasons like postpartum. We talk about how a round-table marriage ministry, where couples were honest with each other, broke the isolation that kept us stuck, and why sin that stays hidden is so much easier to keep doing. We look at what Romans 12 says about being members of one another: serving, encouraging, speaking the truth in love, and not neglecting to meet together. If you and your spouse feel disconnected from community, this is an encouragement to evaluate your part in the body.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Community is necessary — Why fellowship is essential for a healthy, thriving Christian marriage. Breaking isolation — How honest, round-table fellowship with other couples helped heal our marriage. Members of one another — Our responsibility to brothers and sisters in the body of Christ. Carried through hard seasons — How our community supported us through postpartum. Serving transforms us — Why looking outward instead of inward changes our hearts. Accountability — Speaking the truth in love, and being willing to be called out ourselves. Finding community — Look for believers who are local and willing to hold you accountable. A challenge — Read Romans 12 with your spouse and ask what your responsibility is.

Scripture Referenced Romans 12 Hebrews 10:24-25 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Proverbs 18:1

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