My questions on this is prompted by pondering on the number of broken marriages that happened in my old Congregation over a 30 year period, from 1980 to 2010 approx.
Over the whole WW "Brotherhood" Divorce and broken Marriages is about average I would think, but in my old Congo. the number of such events was phenomenally high for such a small group. Very high in comparison to other Churches or Social Groups in this area.
In 1980 we were a slightly larger than average Congo, and being somewhat unique, because of our very liberal attitudes, we attracted a lot to join from areas outside of our "Territory" many of these may have had marriage problems when they joined us, many of the home grown ones married very young etc. which may account for some of the marriage problems.
Over that period we grew to such an extent the Congo. was divided in two.
But about close to 50% of the marriages had problems, some stayed together after an Affair had occurred, others divorced.
Was this unusual in the U.K ? was our Congo. somewhat unique in this too ?
What was your experience in your Congo, or nearby ones ?