https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2014/may/divorce-shocker-most-marriages-do-make-it
Two divorce myths: the divorce rate is 50% and there is no difference between Christians and the rest of society.
Two divorce myths: the divorce rate is 50% and there is no difference between Christians and the rest of society.
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Most people believe only half of US marriages make it. But a leading researcher is announcing the true divorce rate is much lower and always has been.
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"First-time marriages: probably 20 to 25 percent have ended in divorce on average," Feldhahn revealed.
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Shaunti and Jeff point out the 50 percent figure came from projections of what researchers thought the divorce rate would become as they watched the divorce numbers rising in the 1970s and early 1980s when states around the nation were passing no-fault divorce laws.
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The Good News About Marriage also reveals the divorce rate among those active in their church is 27 to 50 percent lower than among non-churchgoers.