The Two Shall Become One: A Wedding Manual
Overview
Over the last two decades, The Pastor’s Wedding Manual has become an indispensible guide for planning and performing weddings. This updated edition recaptures the timeless suggestions of the original manual but also offers fresh ideas and contemporary suggestions. Timely issues are addressed—such as premarital interviews, wedding coordinators, and the order of the service—as well as new perspectives on traditional facets of wedding planning—rehearsals, vows, and music. Also included are entire wedding ceremonies, both traditional and contemporary, that can be edited or used in their totality.
Top Highlights
“‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him’” (Page 64)
“_ (bride), wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded husband” (Page 49)
“Congregation, please join us in praying our Lord’s Prayer:” (Page 52)
“It was God who brought Eve to Adam after creating her, (Gen. 2:22), in effect pronouncing the first marriage union. In the New Testament, husband and wife are said to be ‘joined together’ by God (Matt. 19:6). Jesus sanctioned marriage by his attendance at the marriage in Cana in Galilee (John 2:1–11).1 Marriage may, thus, be seen by us as a God-given institution created and blessed for our benefit.” (Page 64)
“David because he loved him as himself. Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, and even his sword, his bow and his belt’ (1 Sam. 18:3–4). The giving of these items was the sign or seal of the trustworthiness of this covenant.” (Page 65)
Product Details
- Title: The Two Shall Become One: A Wedding Manual
- Author: Jim Henry
- Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 2000
- Pages: 226
About Jim Henry
Jim Henry, senior pastor of 10,000-member First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, has been a pastor for forty years. Dr. Henry, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, serves as the Chairperson of the Baptist Worthy Study Commission of the Baptist World Alliance and as an advisor on the Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad of the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of five books, including The Pastor’s Wedding Manual and In Remembrance of Me.