The Good News About Marriage<\/em><\/a>, Feldhahn lays out what she found during her eight years of investigating the complicated, complex divorce statistics.<\/p>\nFirst, the divorce rate is way below 50 percent and much lower for those who attend church.<\/p>\n
Feldhahn estimates the overall divorce rate for the country is around 31 percent. The studies of people who regularly go to church all show a much lower divorce rate for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe 15 percent, maybe 20 percent for all marriages. First marriages, second marriages, third marriages,\u201d Feldhahn explained.<\/p>\n
Feldhahn cited one example where a pastor tracked 143 couples who he had married.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was 25, 27 years later. Less than 10 percent had been divorced,\u201d she stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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