A Weekend to Remember
The roots of FamilyLife go back as far as 1951, with the beginning of Campus Crusade for Christ. Its founders, Bill and Vonette Bright, had a great desire to help fulfill Christ's Great Commission—taking the gospel to every nation. Starting on one college campus with one couple, Campus Crusade has grown into a multifaceted ministry with tens of thousands of full-time and associate staff serving in more than 196 countries.
In 1976, Campus Crusade began Family Ministry to provide pre-marriage seminars for its staff members. Following our success in meeting the needs of pre-marrieds, married staff couples began asking for encouragement through marriage seminars. Community leaders and pastors soon found out about the seminars and said they were exactly what couples needed—the blueprints on how to build strong homes. Family Ministry, now called FamilyLife, opened their marriage conferences to the public in 1978.
This year approximately 100 FamilyLife conferences and events will be held in almost every major city in America. These weekend conferences include the three-day Weekend to Remember conference and other events. Together these conferences will offer hope to tens of thousands of marriages.
Our Resources—Offering Tools to Build Strong Homes
Since 1976 more than 1.5 million people have attended our conferences and even more have used our materials. With multiple resources available like the HomeBuilders Couples Series ®, HomeBuilders Parenting Series ®, Resurrection Eggs®, and Adorenaments®, FamilyLife offers the tools needed to build strong homes.
Our most popular daily radio program , "FamilyLife Today," can be heard on top Christian stations across the country, providing practical, biblical answers to the issues couples and families face. Other FamilyLife programs include: “FamilyLife This Week,” “Real FamilyLife,” “FamilyLife Sunday Nights,” “Revive Our Hearts,” and “Living a Legacy.”
You can even hear the broadcast on Familylife.com, which also provides articles, tips, and specials from FamilyLife, including The Family Room, our free award-winning online magazine that comes directly to your inbox.
At the heart of FamilyLife is a lay volunteer network of more than 10,000 couples. Many are helping FamilyLife reach families by serving as city ministry directors for a marriage conference or by leading a HomeBuilders Couples Series study. These volunteers have caught the vision for saving marriages and families. With their help, FamilyLife has developed into the dynamic, relevant organization it is today.
Our Resources—Reaching the Families of the World
The family is an institution that cuts across every nation and culture. The timeless principles presented at FamilyLife conferences and events are universal truths that every family needs. Conferences have now been held in numerous countries around the world, teaching couples God's blueprints for the family in the language and context of their culture.