Built On The Rock Marriage Ministry

“Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 19: 4-6 

“XO Marriage Mediation is an innovative marriage-saving intensive for couples seeking healing and restoration in their marriage. Couples no longer have to choose between counseling or divorce when their marriage is at a crossroad. Through Marriage Mediation, you can experience immediate hope and transformation by combining biblically based resources and mediation techniques for long term restoration.” https://xomarriage.com/marriage-help/marriage-mediation/  

Chris and I are launching a non-profit, Built on the Rock Marriage Ministry. We will be utilizing our training from XO Marriage in Southlake, Texas. XO Marriage Mediation is a by-product of decades of training and teaching from Jimmy Evans. When our church hosted a XO Marriage Conference in 2023, this lit a flame in us to pursue XO Marriage. In 2024, Chris and I attended the XO Conference in Southlake, Texas. This is where we learned about XO Marriage Institute, which we attended in the fall of 2024, where the flame became a fire.  

Chris and I have mediated a few couples and have already seen the transformation that can happen. The mediation is an 8-hour intensive session with the couple where we take them through a workbook. It is not counseling. We are not dealing with feelings or behavior, we are focused on their beliefs. The goal of the mediation is to bring the couple back to the right relationship with the Lord first, and their spouse second. As mediators, we are pointing them to the Holy Spirit and the bible for direction. This technique has a 85% success rate. It has a 100% success rate for the couples that follow through with what they are taught, because we are teaching them how to do marriage God’s way.  

This is not a one and done approach. We start with a 1-hour crisis call to understand where the couple is and how we can help them. After mediation, we have follow up care with the couple. They also have the option to add on another session if needed. They leave with homework and an understanding that healing will continue. That the work they put in will take their marriage from bad to good or good to great! One of the reasons XO Marriage Mediation was created was to address an issue in the counseling world. Couples would sign up for 8 weeks of 1 hour sessions. After 3 weeks, they’ve had so many fights in between, each week you're just helping them through the newest fight, so they quit counseling and get a divorce. We want people to know there is a third option. It’s not just counseling or a divorce. A lot of counselors don’t even want to work with couples. But we are so excited to work with couples, because I know this works, I know what God can do, and it's amazing to watch.  

At the new building, there will be a dedicated meditation space that will be muti-purpose for the church as well. If you’d like to support this ministry, let me know.  

We are so thankful for this opportunity, 

Jessica Senty