Yes, we can drive down divorce rates in America. Meet a man on a mission to help families stay together across the nation.
Anyone who's experienced divorce knows the tragic consequences. It's hard on the adults, the kids and anyone else connected to it. In an age where common ground is hard to find, there's been widespread agreement in academic and political circles about the importance of family stability in the lives of children and communities across the country. Yet there's also been a real sense of fatalism about our ability to do anything about it.
How did it happen? To understand the answer to that question, it's important to understand the man behind this marriage mission: J.P. De Gance, who spearheaded the initiative during his time as executive vice president of the Philanthropy Roundtable. He is now CEO of Communio, a nonprofit tasked with expanding the program in Jacksonville to more cities and churches across the country.
"I wish I could tell you that I didn't hesitate, but I did," De Gance confessed."I didn't think we could manage to handle the special challenges of raising four more kids who lost the day-to-day presence of their parents, while we were 28 years old and trying to figure out being parents to our three little kids."
De Gance wasn't finished."Today, my sister is doing phenomenal," he beamed."I love her, and I'm incredibly proud of her." Placing an emphasis on churches really made the difference, De Gance said. There were some hits and misses along the testing road, but De Gance discovered that churches are best situated to become the catalyst for a healthy marriage culture because they can do what the government can never do: They can love.
But it wasn't data and marketing alone that drove the big change in the divorce rate in Jacksonville. The efforts of a local mobilizer, Live the Life, a Florida nonprofit dedicated to strengthening family life, played a crucial role as mobilizer, consultant, content provider and coordinator.
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