The Marriage Initiative unites visionary marriage leaders who desire to connect and serve with intentional purpose.

Our Mission

To bring together like-minded community, content, and church leaders who share a passion for strengthening marriages.

• Build Trust: To work together, we must know and trust one another.
• Empower: Help people use their unique talents to work in their highest and best roles.
• Find a Sense of Shared Identity: Unite, partner, and work together, instead of in isolation.

 

Our Vision

To elevate the importance of marriage by coming together as marriage leaders, collectively and collaboratively.

We Help in 3 Ways

  1. Walk alongside Local Community Marriage Initiatives:

    We help people with the passion to serve marriage, connect with others in their region and together, work towards a larger, more collective goal. 

  2. Connect National Marriage Leaders through the Marriage Leader Network.

  3. Connect and unite content leaders, community leaders, church leaders, and couples, and marriage champions through National Marriage Week.

Scott Goodson

Movements are about mobilizing people around shared purpose.

Why a Local Marriage Initiative?

  1. It builds capacity. It brings more people to the mission of solving large-scale problems.

  2. We have to help one another. We must know one another to have that trust and respect needed to depend on each other.

  3. People think and act locally. Problems are best solved at a community level driven by local people with local knowledge and it will help resources flow to the right people.

  4. Builds relationships. Being united on a team with built-in support and energy, makes everyone’s efforts more meaningful.

  5. We all have the opportunity to change the way the world talks about marriages. By offering support and effective resources we can invest in the building up and strengthening of the most valuable relationship in the home.

We as a ministry believe….

That the Bible is error-free. It is the authoritative and inspired Word of God and has supreme authority over all matters.

We as a ministry believe…

That there is one Creator and Ruler of both heaven and earth. There is only one “Most Holy God”. He eternally exists in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit and He is worthy of all honor, glory, worship, and praise.

We as a ministry believe…

That salvation is God’s free gift to us should we choose to accept that gift. Jesus came to earth as a man and died on the cross for our sins. Those who accept Christ as Lord and Savior by faith are justified by grace to be saved and one day will return to heaven with Him.

We as a ministry believe…

That God designed marriage to bring a husband and wife together in unity for a lifetime. Marriage between a man and a woman is a reflection of Christ’s relationship with the church and serves as a strong foundation for society. Divorce is a painful path to take which reverberates for generations through a family.  Our ministry does everything it can to build up, nurture, heal, reconcile, and support a healthy marriage.

We as a ministry believe…

That all human life and gender was created on purpose and is to be valued.

We as a ministry believe…

In the power of prayer.

We as a ministry believe…

That God is a God of forgiveness, grace, mercy, and hope.

Statement of Faith

Meet the Marriage Initiative Team

  • Carl Caton

    PRESIDENT & FOUNDER

  • Nora Rodriguez

    CHURCH LIAISON & MINISTRY DIRECTOR

  • Carlos Rodriguez

    CHURCH LIAISON & MINISTRY DIRECTOR

  • Dionna Sanchez

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

  • Eliseo Sanchez

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATONS

  • Kay Hanson

    DiRECTOR OF MARRIAGE LEADER NETWORK

  • Steffanie Oltmans

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY MARRIAGE INITIATIVES

  • Anna Panter

    DONOR DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

  • Amy Morgan

    FEATURE WRITER

  • Taylor Abrahamsen

    RESEARCH AND NEWSLETTERS

  • Jina Rios

    SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

  • Megan Frommel

    SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR

  • Rickari McCain

    COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

  • Addison Oltmans

    VISUAL DESIGNER

  • Josette Chavez

    PROJECT MANAGER

  • Scott Oltmans

    LOCAL FRAMEWORKS

  • Samantha Bittman

    PROJECT SUPPORT COORDINATOR

  • Katie MacLeod

    FAMILY POLICY DIRECTOR

  • Chad Schapiro

    AMBASSADOR - MARRIAGE CHAMPION CHURCH NETWORK (MCCN)

  • Erica Schapiro

    AMBASSADOR - MARRIAGE CHAMPION CHURCH NETWORK (MCCN)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Carl Caton, PRESIDENT

    Businessman

    Board Member - NARME National Association of Relationship & Marriage Educators

    Directing Manager - National Marriage Week

  • Nora Rodriguez, SECRETARY

    Co Founder - The Relational Wellness Center

    Certified Life Coach and Pastoral Counselor

    Certified Prepare Enrich Seminar Director

    Certified by Family Dynamics Institute

  • Jackie Parker, BOARD MEMBER

    Entrepreneur and consultant

    Certified Public Accountant

    Jackie and her husband, Joe, are both Re|engage facilitators

  • Jeff Kemp, BOARD MEMBER

    Founder, MenHuddle.com

    Board Member - Fatherhood CoMission

    Author, Facing the Blitz & Receive: The Way of Jesus for Men

    Husband to Stacy

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  • Dennis Stoica, BOARD MEMBER

    Businessman

    Board Member - Live the Life - Florida

    Board Member - NARME National Association of Relationship and Marriage Educators

    Co-founder of the California Healthy Marriages Coalition

    Founder of the Orange County Marriage Resource Center

    Smart Marriages IMPACT Award Winner

We’d love to get to know you better!

Would you like to connect with us regarding ministering to marriages in your area?

Contact us!