Living together, or cohabitating, before marriage, used to be a rare living arrangement in our society with 0.1% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 0.2% of 25- to 34-year-olds living together before marriage in 1968. Today, living together before...
Living together, or cohabitating, before marriage, used to be a rare living arrangement in our society with 0.1% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 0.2% of 25- to 34-year-olds living together before marriage in 1968. Today, living together before...
The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center recently released new research regarding teenagers and cohabitation. They found that marriage is not viewed favorably by the majority of teenagers ages 15 to 19, despite...
Once upon a time, not that long ago, colleges did not allow male students to visit female students' dormitories and vice versa. Today, many colleges have an "open visitation" policy or even co-ed dorms. Many colleges with "open...
Is cohabitation ok? What does the Bible really have to say about living together before marriage? What are the implications of cohabitation...
According to The Colson Center new data is poking holes in what has become a prominent cultural myth. “When it comes to divorce,” wrote Brad Wilcox and Lyman Stone in The Wall Street Journal, “the research has...
In a recent article by Christianity Today, The Cohabitation Dilemma Comes For America's Pastors, David Ayers outlines the struggle many American pastors face as they grapple with how to best navigate wedding policies and premarital...
You don't want to miss Jason Evert's recent Lust is Boring podcast episode. Listen, or watch the recording above, as Evert answers questions from listeners about the ins and outs of...
According to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics, marriage has dropped to an all-time recorded low in the United States. The marriage rate in the US fell 6% in 2018, with only 6.5 new unions formed for every...
Cohabitation before marriage is on the rise, but one Texas pastor is footing the bill to combat this phenomenon. In a recent article by Care Net, a 2016 study by Barna found that the majority of Americans "now believe that cohabitation is a good...
A recent study found that divorce rates are falling across the United States. According to University of Maryland professor and author of the study, Philip Cohen, the divorce rate in the United States dropped by 18 percent from 2008 to 2016. Many...