What We Do
We help church groups leverage technology to meet today’s couples where they are.
We help couples with accessible, engaging relationship-building courses.
We accomplish this by creating online and on-demand marriage preparation and enrichment courses that are modern and relatable, as well as providing a high-level of care to all of our customers.
Our Team
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Matt Brooks
Founder
The Marriage Group
Scott Werner
Director of Operations
The Marriage Group
Gordon Whitney
Video and Graphic Production
The Marriage Group
Jamie Smith
Customer Happiness Manager
The Marriage Group
Grant Moore
Relationship Coordinator
The Marriage GroupMilestones
2009: CREATION OF ONLINE MARRIAGE PREP CLASS
The Marriage Group was formed with a vision of delivering online marriage preparation courses. The founders of The Marriage Group came from backgrounds in technology, online marketing, and organization-building in the business world. Working in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Detroit, the first-of-its-kind “online, on-demand” Catholic marriage prep class was born. This course later became known as Living Our Faith in Love and has been enjoyed by couples throughout the United States and abroad.
2011: MARRIAGE PREP ENHANCEMENTS AND EXPANSION
The Marriage Group worked in collaboration with the Family Ministries Office at the Archdiocese of Chicago to create another online marriage prep, A Marriage in the Lord, with content based upon Chicago’s Pre-Cana courseware by the same name.
2012: BILLINGS OVULATION METHOD OF NFP
The Marriage Group again collaborated with the Archdiocese of Chicago to create an online course teaching the Billings Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning. The course has since been completed by thousands of couples around the world.
2013: ONLINE MARRIAGE PREP CLASS IN SPANISH
Current estimates state that 40% of the Catholic Church is Hispanic. To serve this important and growing community, The Marriage Group collaborated with the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Archdiocese of Miami to produce the Spanish-speaking online marriage prep class.
2014: SPANISH TEACHING OF THE BILLINGS OVULATION METHOD OF NFP
In our continued efforts to serve the Spanish-speaking community, this course was produced in Costa Rica.
2016: LIVING OUR FAITH IN LOVE™
Growing on our commitment to continuous creation of new programs and online experiences, we set into motion a new program for engaged and married couples; one that would resonate for Christians of any denomination. Tapping into our network of ministry leaders throughout the United States, we set out to produce new course content that feels “today,” while adhering to biblical teachings and values.
2017: NFP LIFE™
Our previous course about Natural Family Planning focused specifically on the Billings Ovulation Method. Answering the call for a broad-based introduction to NFP, a class that would add value to any ministry program regardless of the specific method(s) they promote locally, we produced NFP Life. This presentation is an affordable way to introduce women and couples to the good news of Natural Family Planning.