CARE | Wedding & Premarital Counseling Inquiry

Thank you for inquiring with our Rock Point pastoral staff about your premarital counseling and wedding ceremony plans through our care ministry. We are excited to walk alongside you for a future with a healthy, Christ-centered, and fruit-filled marriage.

Although Rock Point does not host on-site weddings, we have an approved list of staff pastors who offer premarital counseling and wedding officiating for local off-site weddings.
  • Premarital counseling is required for our approved pastors to officiate a wedding ceremony.
  • Premarital counseling is multiple sessions with the officiating pastor using a premarital assessment tool. 
  • Please note that if your wedding is less than 12 weeks from the time of inquiry, we may not be able to fulfill your request.
  • Please understand that we will always do our best to fulfill your request, but we may not always have an approved Pastor available.
YOUR NEXT STEP - Please complete this form. Upon submission of the form an approved Pastor will reach out to have you complete a premarital counseling assessment, schedule your premarital counseling sessions, and, if applicable, calendar your local off-site wedding ceremony with one of our approved officiant pastors if you have asked for an officiant.

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Statements of Belief

WHAT ROCK POINT BELIEVES ABOUT MARRIAGE, SEX, AND GENDER

Our foundation for understanding human sexuality is rooted in our commitment to the Bible as the only authoritative guide for faith and practice. The first two chapters of Genesis constitute the paradigm and prerequisite of God’s enduring creative intent for human personhood, gender and sexual identity, and sexual intimacy in marriage (Genesis 1:27, 2:24; Matthew 19:4–5).

All Churches that are under the authority of Christ should welcome everyone into the grace of the gospel because our gospel is applicable and available to all (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9). So, first and foremost, we must offer genuine love to people who find themselves outside God’s standards for marriage, sex, and gender identification (Mark 12:30–31). Yet, as Christians, we are also required to confront new societal challenges with biblical truth. God made men and women different (Genesis 1:27). Contrary to mistaken interpretations, sexual difference does not exist on a continuum where some men are more like women or vice versa.

Rock Point Church believes that humanity came from the hand of God with only two sexual distinctions—male and female—both in the image of God, emerging from one flesh with the unique physical capacity to reunite as one flesh within marriage. God’s creation design and intent for marriage, as expressed in Genesis 2, is therefore exclusively between one genetic/identified-at-birth man and one genetic/identified-at-birth woman. Marriage alludes to the love of Christ for His Bride, the Church (Ephesians 5:22–33; Revelation 19:7–9).

We affirm the worth and relevance of human gender and sexuality and all sexual intimacy as distinctively reserved for marriage between one genetic/identified-at-birth man and one genetic/identified-at-birth woman. Based on Scripture (Leviticus 18; 1 Corinthians 5-6), heterosexual sex outside of marriage, homosexual sex, same-sex romantic relationships, and gender identification incongruent with one’s genetically identified-at-birth sex violate God’s generous intention for human relationships. Such practices misrepresent the nature of God Himself and, therefore, are sinful under any circumstances.

Men and women are different at the deepest levels of their being. Our chromosomes are different. Our brains are different. Our voices are different. Our body shapes are different. Our body strengths are different. Our reproductive systems are different. The design for what our bodies are structured and destined for are different, and these designs bear witness to differences that reflect God’s creative will for humanity.

Because men and women are different, it’s philosophically impossible for a man to become a physical woman or a physical woman to become a man. Those who say otherwise are mistaken about human nature. In fact, there is no scientific proof to verify the claim that one is trapped inside the wrong body. If God made men and women fundamentally and comprehensively different, then the idea that a man could ever become a woman (or vice versa) is simply impossible. The differences between men and women can’t be overcome simply because one feels one is a member of the opposite sex. One’s psychology (feelings) cannot change one’s ontology (the nature and attributes of one’s being).

Our desires, perceptions, and bodies all testify to the disorder of a sin-ravaged creation. The good news for those suffering from any type of sexual sin, or any other sin for that matter, is that the broken bodies we live in all need redemption (Romans 8:18–25). And in Jesus Christ, all things are promised to be made new (Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:5). While Christianity doesn’t guarantee total relief in this life, it does guarantee future resurrection from our desires, perceptions, and bodies that are subject to decay and death (1 Corinthians 15:50–56). Because God’s design for us doesn’t lie, and because our minds are susceptible to confusion, repentance and sanctification are available for all Christians who will continually seek after Him.

Though not all may ever fully arrive at peace, putting on the new self, remade in Jesus Christ, means embracing and trusting God’s authority over every facet of our existence (Colossians 3:1 - 11). Yet, the people of Rock Point are called to walk alongside those who are suffering in any season, both in victory and in defeat, encouraging one another towards a greater faith in the Lord Jesus (Romans 12:12, James 1:12). Only Christians humble enough to recognize their own brokenness will be capable of walking with people through struggles that seem very different from their own.

We have both read, both agree, and both align with the Statement of Beliefs of Rock Point Church.

OFFICIANT FEES

For the premarital counseling assessment, bride and groom will be emailed separately to complete the assessments individually. A combined report will be sent to your officiant prior to your first premarital counseling session. You will pay the $35 (per couple) fee directly on the assessment website for either option below. The couple will be responsible for paying the officiating pastor directly.

Choose the "$500 Premarital Counseling Sessions" option if a NON-Rock Point pastor will be officiating your wedding ceremony.

I understand that all payments for Premarital Counseling Sessions and/or Counseling + Rehearsal + Ceremony must be made directly to the Approved and Assigned Pastor. I also understand that the $35 assessment fee will be paid directly to the website provided by the Assigned Pastor.

WEDDING CEREMONY INFORMATION

Please enter the specific DATE for the wedding ceremony.

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Please enter the specific TIME for the wedding ceremony.

Please enter the specific DATE for the wedding rehearsal.

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Please enter the specific TIME for the wedding rehearsal.

Please enter the exact venue location, including the specific venue at the location if there are multiple venues in one location.

I understand that if the wedding Venue is out of the Phoenix Metro area or out of the state, there will be additional fees that you as the couple will need to cover (TBD by the pastor, but examples below)
  • Travel costs
  • Hotel accommodations
  • Food allowance
  • Anything else determined by the individual pastor if needed

YOUR LOVE STORY

Who you are, where you're from, what you do, how you met, the proposal, your engagement, and your hopes and dreams as a married couple.*

A copy of your responses will be sent to your email address.