In April of 2002, Dr. Dewey and Lynne Wilson made a dramatic midlife career change when they traded building houses using sticks and bricks for building marriages using their life experiences and the Word of God.

Having already used by God to help other couples restore their marriage, the Wilsons responded to God's call to full-time vocational ministry. More hurting couples within their church began reaching out, and the Wilsons soon realized they needed more mentors and a structured process to follow.

God did what only God can do, and within one year, Dr. Dewey and Lynne were surrounded by an army of mentors. At the same time, they created and published the Devoted workbook, full of biblical principles and practical tools for marriage.

Devoted became the primary resource for a new certified mentors training and discipling process. Hundreds of mentors were getting trained in the Dallas area, and 2006 became the year Marriage Mentors was officially established as a non-profit organization.

Since then, many more mentoring tools have been developed, including our unprecedented online mentor support system. Today, thousands of mentors across the country and Canada are being empowered to help other couples with an amazing success rate.

As church leaders contacted Marriage Mentors for additional information, we were consistently getting asked, "Do you have any resources for small groups or premarriage? After many months of saying "no," we finally got the idea that maybe we should consider creating what these churches were looking for and created and published our premarital resource called I Promise, complete with its own relationship assessment and online support.

With new resources, including Marriage Mentors, we needed a parent organization that would best explain why we exist and we branded the ministry as Strong Marriages. We remain incredibly passionate about Marriage Mentors and believe real, lasting change comes through mentoring relationships.

Today, our future looks brighter than ever—doing what we can to build authentic Christian community.