about familylife canada

In 1976, Campus Crusade for Christ launched Family Ministry with the aim of preparing engaged staff members for marriage. Before long, the ministry recognized a need for solid marital resources to help not only these engaged couples, but also those staff who were already married. Thus, the Weekend to Remember marriage conference was born.

Soon, community leaders and pastors found out about the seminars, and they expressed that it was exactly what every couple needs - the blueprints on how to build a strong home. Family Ministry, now FamilyLife, opened the Weekend to Remember to the public in 1978.

Ten years later, in 1988, Campus Crusade Canada (since renamed Power to Change) began hosting conferences. Beginning in Edmonton, AB with a video format, the conferences spread across Canada. Eventually the videos were replaced by live speaker couples. Twenty years later, tens of thousands of couples have attended FamilyLife Conferences in various locations around the nation.

The ministry of FamilyLife is not limited to weekend conferences. We also offer a variety of one-day conferences, including Real Marriage (held in partnership with churches) and Next Level Marriage (hosted by businesses for their staff and/or clients).

A major component of the Canadian FamilyLife ministry is the weekly television program Marriage Uncensored with Dave and Christie. Dr. Dave Currie, National Director of FamilyLife Canada, is joined by co-host Christie Rayburn and special guests each week. Together, they bring real help to the real problems facing families today into the living rooms of a nation crying out for marriage and family help. The show is aired nationally in Canada and can be seen on some PBS stations in the United States.

FamilyLife Canada, a division of Power to Change, is headquartered in Langley, BC. Most of our staff raise their own support to cover salary, benefits, and personal ministry expenses.

Our FamilyLife staff is here to serve you. We invite you to check out our staff profiles, or to come by our national headquarters and let us know how we can better help you and your family.