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Marriage Course couples in Covceg gather after a session in the classroom area.

Families

Moldova Mission Network’s Family Ministry

The Marriage Course

The Marriage Ministry in Moldova was started in 2008 by the National Presbyterian Church (Washington, DC) in response to Moldovan requests for help in strengthening marriages.

The ministry is supported through the Moldova Baptist Union but is open to people of any denomination, and non-believers are especially welcome. Ministry Country Directors Slavic and Alla Verenciuc and their assistants work with Russian- and Romanian-speaking churches, and have even served congregations in Transnistria and Ukraine. The Marriage Ministry also holds family conferences, as well as tent meetings in the summer for villages. At the tent meetings, there are programs for children, as well sessions for husbands and wives separately, along with the usual course sessions for couples.

From 2008-2025, approximately 800 couples have completed the course. Testimonies from the experience have been uniformly positive, such as “Thank you very much for The Marriage Course! This is a big blessing for our church” and “Thank you for this practical training. For my family, this is a reminder and a wonderful opportunity to examine our own relationships.”

See newsletter updates about the Marriage Course ministry in the News section of the website.

“Thank you for this practical training. For my family, this is a reminder and a wonderful opportunity to examine our own relationships.”

Couples at a session at a Chisinau church enjoy a lake-side picnic as part of one of their Marrriage Course sessions.
Couples at a session at a Chisinau church enjoy a lake-side picnic as part of one of their Marrriage Course sessions.
A couple talking together after a session in the classroom area.
A couple talking together after a session in the classroom area.
Family conference in Ceardar Lunga church
Family conference in Ceardar Lunga church
Marriage Course couples in Covceg gather after a session in the classroom area.
Marriage Course couples in Covceg gather after a session in the classroom area.
A couple discusses a point about their relationship at a session in Burlaceni
A couple discusses a point about their relationship at a session in Burlaceni
Couples in prayer after a session in Etuliya
Couples in prayer after a session in Etuliya
A couple at a Burlaceni session discuss their answer to one of the questions in the class guest manual.
A couple at a Burlaceni session discuss their answer to one of the questions in the class guest manual.
Vitaliy and Natasha Bileavskiy comment on their experience with The Marriage Course, Fall 2022