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John and Ginger Oriente have been married since 2003 and they reside in Shelby, NC. They are the founders and lay leaders of “All In Marriage”, a multi-pronged mentored based marriage ministry. They are also FamilyLife Local Affiliate Staff. They are a blended marriage with six his, hers and our children, 3 bonus children married to our children and four grandchildren!
They were separated for nine months starting just four months into their marriage. The trials of step family living had really taken a toll on their marriage. Through obedience to God’s Word as it pertains to marriage they tried again to repair their marriage. They were together for eight months, and once again separated for another six months. They signed divorce papers, but could never get a peace from God to turn them in.
After reconciling a second time based on God’s desire to see their marriage healed, they have remained together and growing in God's plan for marriage. They have attended numerous FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember conferences, FamilyLife's Love Like You Mean It Cruises, Stepfamily Summits, Festival of Marriage, Center for Relational Care Marriage Intensive, read countless books and sat through hundreds of hours of the best marriage DVD curriculums available to learn and grow in the new ways that were necessary.
In 2009, they began hosting a marriage small group in their home and mentoring couples and individuals as they would ask for help to get through some of the same struggles their marriage had faced. In 2011 they approached their lead Pastor with the vision of a lay-led mentor based marriage ministry. With the blessing of their Pastor, a leadership team was formed and they trained their first set of mentor couples. Since then, they have worked with this team to build a marriage ministry to meet "every marriage at every stage". They are determined to not leave any marriage behind or hidden behind the masks so many couples wear. Through being so transparent and vulnerable about their own marriage, they seek out couples and encourage them to put the masks we all get so comfortable wearing down. And to instead be authentic so that in a short time they are able to experience a marriage that really can be like the one they pretend it is, along with the tough times we all will have here and there.
Through All In Marriage, they help to prepare mentor couples that can walk other couples through the types of problems they have faced in their marriages. They also lead a weekly marriage small group, a monthly date night for couples in the community with free childcare, an on-site marriage conference each year, and encourage couples to attend off-site events each year like FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember.
John and Ginger have had to deal with and overcome virtually every type of difficulty that can face a marriage. God has turned their many mistakes and misery into a ministry that offers hope for every marriage and every problem. The same power that resurrected Jesus from the grave, resurrected their completely dead marriage and turned it into a transformed marriage, family and ministry. It is their passion and desire to help others experience the same hope and power for their marriage.
They were separated for nine months starting just four months into their marriage. The trials of step family living had really taken a toll on their marriage. Through obedience to God’s Word as it pertains to marriage they tried again to repair their marriage. They were together for eight months, and once again separated for another six months. They signed divorce papers, but could never get a peace from God to turn them in.
After reconciling a second time based on God’s desire to see their marriage healed, they have remained together and growing in God's plan for marriage. They have attended numerous FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember conferences, FamilyLife's Love Like You Mean It Cruises, Stepfamily Summits, Festival of Marriage, Center for Relational Care Marriage Intensive, read countless books and sat through hundreds of hours of the best marriage DVD curriculums available to learn and grow in the new ways that were necessary.
In 2009, they began hosting a marriage small group in their home and mentoring couples and individuals as they would ask for help to get through some of the same struggles their marriage had faced. In 2011 they approached their lead Pastor with the vision of a lay-led mentor based marriage ministry. With the blessing of their Pastor, a leadership team was formed and they trained their first set of mentor couples. Since then, they have worked with this team to build a marriage ministry to meet "every marriage at every stage". They are determined to not leave any marriage behind or hidden behind the masks so many couples wear. Through being so transparent and vulnerable about their own marriage, they seek out couples and encourage them to put the masks we all get so comfortable wearing down. And to instead be authentic so that in a short time they are able to experience a marriage that really can be like the one they pretend it is, along with the tough times we all will have here and there.
Through All In Marriage, they help to prepare mentor couples that can walk other couples through the types of problems they have faced in their marriages. They also lead a weekly marriage small group, a monthly date night for couples in the community with free childcare, an on-site marriage conference each year, and encourage couples to attend off-site events each year like FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember.
John and Ginger have had to deal with and overcome virtually every type of difficulty that can face a marriage. God has turned their many mistakes and misery into a ministry that offers hope for every marriage and every problem. The same power that resurrected Jesus from the grave, resurrected their completely dead marriage and turned it into a transformed marriage, family and ministry. It is their passion and desire to help others experience the same hope and power for their marriage.