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| | Premarital Education Program Certification
Starting Sept. 1, Texas will begin waiving the $60 fee for marriage licenses for couples who have gone through a state-certified premarital education course, including those conducted in churches.
Info on Pre-Marital Education Classes coming to Texas, by law! – How your church can get involved!
English (pdf)
Español (pdf) This list of marriage training curricula is a great starting place. Not all of the titles on this list are currently on the approved list, but if you find one here you are interested in utilizing, the approval process will be facilitated by your Regional Intermediary. | This list is not complete and all titles on this list may not have actually been fully accepted at this point. An updated list is underway, and will be posted as soon as we get it. | | If you’re interested in having a curriculum title you are currently using or would like to use submitted for acceptance, please use this form and return it to your local Regional Intermediary, along with a complete copy of the curriculum you’re submitting. | |
This law change could send significant numbers of people to churches looking for premarital education.
BGCT family ministry specialist Keith Lowry is available to help church leaders understand how to get their programs certified through 12 state identified regional intermediaries. Once certified, churches can take advantage of the law change to share a Christian word of hope for today’s marriages. For more information, contact:
Keith Lowry, keith.lowry@bgct.org, 888.244.9400 Click here to view Intermediaries for Twogether in Texas Healthy Marriage initiative.
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