Download e-book for kindle: Stepping and Blending by Dr. Carolyn T. Long

Stepping and mixing . . . moment version is a culturally delicate and biblically sound academic and counseling source. it truly is designed to assist African americans arrange for marriage and remarriage that create a stepfamily.

Intended viewers is the single, divorced, widowed, pastors and church leaders, execs, these residing in stepfamilies, and seminaries that educate ministers.

Blacks have the bottom marriage cost of all ethnic teams, the top divorce price, the bottom remarriage, however the maximum re-divorce rate.

Two thirds of Black marriages lead to divorce and out of 3 childrens adventure their mom and dad’ divorce via age sixteen.

Program content material incorporates a Divorce or dating restoration application, divided into 5 modules in ebook I, and a Premarriage instruction application divided into six modules in publication II.

The “Black Church” is pointed out because the major establishment to organize households for marriage. Seventy percentage of African americans belong to the church and 84 percentage examine themselves “religious.” If Black Church leaders don't take the lead function in getting ready for marriage and kin existence, who will?

Dr. lengthy has master’s levels in social paintings and counseling and a doctorate in ministry. She has 37 years postmaster’s scientific event and 30 years Christian ministry event. She is credited with constructing and working a church owned Christian Counseling Ministry in a 5000+ member church for six ½ years, and is constructing a similar in her present church of roughly 3000 individuals. She practices complete time in a Christian counseling supplier in Virginia seashore, VA; serves at the school of windfall Bible university and Theological Seminary in Norfolk; and is an affiliate minister at friendly Grove Baptist in Virginia seashore, VA. She is the only real owner of an schooling, counseling and consulting service.