Rather than simply describing DivorceCare, we want to give you the opportunity to see it for yourself. And if others on your church leadership team would be involved in evaluating or launching this ministry, feel free to forward this page so they can explore it as well.
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Session One Sample Materials
Explore sample materials from Session One to see how DivorceCare helps leaders create a welcoming, Christ-centered group experience from the very first meeting. Preview the video, leader guide, and participant guide to get a clear sense of how each part works together help people pick up the pieces after separation or divorce.
Full Session One Video
The DivorceCare session videos offer compassionate, Christ-centered teaching from trusted pastors and counselors along with real stories from people who have experienced the pain of divorce. The Session 1 preview, “Deep Hurt,” gives pastors, leaders, and potential participants a first look at how DivorceCare speaks honestly to the questions, confusion, deep pain of divorce while helping people feel less alone as they find their hope in Christ.
Leader's Guide
The DivorceCare Leader’s Guide equips church leaders and facilitators to lead a support group with clear agendas, discussion questions, and practical tips for creating a safe, welcoming environment. Designed for both experienced and first-time leaders, it helps prepare for each meeting, guide discussion, and handle sensitive conversations with care. More than an outline, it supports a Christ-centered experience where grieving people can find comfort, hope, and healing through biblical teaching and community.
Participant Guide
The DivorceCare Participant Guide helps group members continue processing what they are learning between weekly sessions. With biblical insights, practical exercises, guided questions, encouraging stories, and space for personal reflection, the guide gives grieving people a structured way to engage their thoughts, emotions, and questions throughout the week. It serves as a personal companion for the healing journey, helping participants apply what they hear in the session videos, prepare for group discussion, and take meaningful steps toward comfort, healing, and hope in Christ.
Leader Training Video Previews
Preview DivorceCare Leader Training videos to see how facilitators are equipped to lead with confidence, compassion, and care. These samples show how DivorceCare helps leaders prepare for group meetings, support grieving participants, and create a safe, Christ-centered environment.
Level 1 Leader Training Preview
What is DivorceCare? How does it help those who are hurting? Every DivorceCare volunteer needs to be able to answer these questions. The Level 1 training covers an introduction, objectives, and structure, to inform and equip all ministry team members. Overall video training length for level one is approximately 1 hour.
Level 2 Leader Training Preview
Level 2 training covers the basic skills needed to start a DivorceCare ministry and the various roles you and your team members will need to fill. Follow the training path recommendations per ministry role listed per video. Overall video training length for level two is approximately 1 hour.
Level 3 Leader Training Preview
Level 3 is for long-time and first time-leaders and should be watched prior to cycles as well as after to reflect on ways to improve your ministry team. These videos will address problems that the team may have encountered during the previous ministry season and suggest ways to expand team members’ skills to fulfill their various roles. Overall video training length for level three is approximately 1 hour.
DivorceCare's Theological Foundations
DivorceCare is built on a biblical, Christ-centered foundation that points grieving people to the comfort, hope, and promises of God. Each session combines compassionate care, practical wisdom, and scriptural truth to help participants process their pain in light of the gospel and the support of Christian community.
Biblical Foundation
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Ps. 119:105)
DivorceCare is grounded in the conviction that God’s Word is true, trustworthy, and sufficient to speak with authority, comfort, and hope into the deep pain of divorce. Every form of DivorceCare support—including the session videos, participant guide, leader resources, books, and supplemental materials—is developed from and shaped by Scripture and the hope of the gospel. The curriculum also heavily utilizes the wisdom and teaching of trusted pastors and experienced Christian counselors, ensuring that participants receive biblically sound guidance and compassionate, practical care. Through every resource, DivorceCare seeks to help grieving people understand their experience in light of biblical truth, receive God’s comfort, and take their next steps with confidence in His promises.
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Grounds for Divorce & Remarriage
“the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles” (2 Cor. 1:3–4)
DivorceCare does not minimize suffering, explain it away, or treat divorce trivial. Scripture teaches that God sees the pain of the afflicted, hears the cries of the hurting, and invites grieving people to pour out their hearts to Him. He is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort which means those hurting from divorce can come to Him honestly and find His comfort in their pain.
At the same time, the Bible helps us understand why suffering and death exist: we live in a world broken by sin, where covenant love is often violated by betrayal, abandonment, hardness of heart, abuse, and deep relational pain. DivorceCare approaches divorce with both biblical conviction and pastoral care. Scripture teaches that marriage is intended by God to be a lifelong covenant. It identifies two clear biblical grounds for divorce: sexual immorality and abandonment by an unbelieving spouse. However, because many situations are complex—and because issues such as abuse, safety, repentance, church discipline, and reconciliation require careful discernment—DivorceCare intentionally encourages participants to seek biblical counsel from their pastor, elders, or trusted church leaders who can help them apply Scripture wisely to their unique circumstances.
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Ministry of the Local Church
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” (2 Cor. 1:3-4)
DivorceCare is built on a high view of the local church. We believe God has uniquely called and equipped local churches to proclaim the gospel, make disciples, help individuals navigate difficult seasons of life, and embody the compassion of Christ in the world. DivorceCare does not replace the ministry of pastors, elders, deacons, or church leaders; it exists to strengthen and support their care for hurting people. Every video, guide, book, and leader resource is designed to help local churches create a Christ-centered environment where people can be loved, shepherded, and pointed to the hope of the gospel.
Because DivorceCare ultimately points hurting people toward the ongoing care, worship, teaching, and community of a local church, we ask every church partner to affirm our essential beliefs. And when DivorceCare is facilitated by a non-church organization, we require sponsorship by a local church so that participants are not only supported through a divorce recovery program, but also connected to the pastoral care and lasting community God has entrusted to His church.
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How God Uses DivorceCare
Hear from people whose lives have been changed through DivorceCare. These testimonial videos offer an honest look at how God uses local churches, caring leaders, biblical teaching, and supportive community to help hurting people find comfort and Christ-filled hope after a divorce or separation. As you watch, you’ll see how DivorceCare becomes more than a program—it becomes a ministry where people are welcomed in their pain, pointed to Christ, and reminded that they do not have to pick up the pieces alone.
Why Churches Choose DivorceCare
Pastors and former participants share how DivorceCare has become an effective tool for care ministry and community outreach. Through biblical teaching, supportive group discussion, and a safe place for people to heal, DivorceCare helps participants find comfort, healing, and hope while also helping churches minister to people beyond their own congregation.
Annette's Story
After the pain of divorce left her facing an empty home and a broken sense of family, Annette shares how God used the church to meet practical needs and reveal His care to her and his children. Now serving others, she reflects on how DivorceCare helped transform her pain into purpose as she walks alongside people who are beginning their own journey of healing.
Free Divorce Recovery Support Resource
Explore free divorce support resources designed to help your church care for people who are hurting. The downloadable guide and free online single parenting course offer biblical encouragement, practical guidance, and compassionate next steps for supporting hurting people with wisdom, confidence, and Christ-centered hope.
9 Things Divorced People People Wished Their Pastors Knew
This free eBook helps pastors and church leaders better understand what divorced people are often afraid, ashamed, or unable to say out loud. Drawing from DivorceCare's years of ministry experience, it reveals what those reeling from divorce may be wrestling with beneath the surface and offers practical guidance for what to say and do to help them navigate their divorce recovery in a God-honoring way.
Single & Parenting
Online Course
Single parents are often tired, overwhelmed and feeling a bit underappreciated. That’s why we created Single & Parenting—to share tips and parenting wisdom that will help them find rest, hope and encouragement.
If you know a single parent in your congregation or community please share this free Christ-centered resource with them!
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