{"id":13885,"date":"2007-11-21T11:15:06","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T11:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2007\/11\/21\/how-can-leaders-strengthen-marriages-in-their-church\/"},"modified":"2007-11-21T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T11:15:06","slug":"how-can-leaders-strengthen-marriages-in-their-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/how-can-leaders-strengthen-marriages-in-their-church\/","title":{"rendered":"How can leaders strengthen the marriages in their church?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clint &#038; Penny Bragg learned the hard way that even strong Christians can have weak marriages. They are &#8220;marriage missionaries&#8221;&mdash;traveling to churches to help leaders connect the ministry of reconciliation to the hurting marriages in churches across the country. 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