Premarital Counselling for Marital Stability

Purpose: The study sought to explore the roles of premarital counselling in marital stability of couples in Pentecost Church at Kade in the Kwaebibirem Municipality. The research questions that guided the study were: how does premarital counselling prepare couples for effective communication to ensure marital stability; how does knowledge gained from premarital counselling help couples to finance their marriage to ensure marital stability; in what ways does premarital counselling educate couples to establish a good relationship with in-laws to ensure marital stability, and how does premarital counselling prepare couples for sex life in marriage to ensure marital stability.  Methodology: The qualitative research design was adopted for this study. The purposive sampling method was used to select the Pentecost Church at Kade for the study. Data was collected personally by the researchers using an interview guide to collect data from 5 couples who voluntarily agreed to be interviewed for the study.  Findings: The study revealed that premarital counselling prepared Christian couples to solve marital problems to ensure marital stability. The study also revealed premarital counselling educated Christian couples to ensure good financial management for marital stability.  Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It was therefore recommended that premarital counselling programmes should include the teaching of good problem-solving skills. Also, it was recommended that premarital counselling programmes should prepare Christian couples to manage their finances very well. Keywords: Premarital counselling, marital stability, financial management, conflict resolution, skills, intimacy and sex life.