Help build a Christ-centered path toward connection, dating, and lasting marriage.
Together, we can help churches create healthy opportunities for young adults to form genuine friendships, meaningful connections, and strong relationships.
Learn More & Help Build the PathA research-driven, church-based initiative led by Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn
Nearly 70% of young adults ages 22–35 who want to marry are not currently dating.*
Many young adults want marriage but cannot see a path from here to there.
Too many Christian singles feel discouraged, isolated, or unsure how to meet others and begin a healthy relationship.
Across the country, many Christian young adults deeply desire marriage and family. They want to meet someone, build a strong relationship, and create a lifelong marriage, but the natural pathways that once helped relationships form are often missing.
We believe the Church can help change that.
Introducing The Connection Path
The Christian Dating Project combines research, national collaboration, and a practical church-based pilot designed to create meaningful opportunities for young adults to connect.
Trusted community
Young men and women will meet in small, mixed-gender groups within participating churches.
Experienced mentors
Trusted mentor couples will guide conversations, model healthy relationships, and support participants.
Genuine connection
Participants will learn from one another, grow in their identity in Christ, and form authentic friendships and connections.
Help us develop, test, and share a model churches can use.
We are raising at least $120,000 to lead the national effort and develop, test, and refine the complete one-year pilot.
Our immediate goal is to raise the first $40,000 needed to begin.
Once the pilot has been evaluated and strengthened, churches will be equipped to use a proven, replicable model in communities across the country.
Your gift will help us:
- Coordinate research and national collaboration
- Develop the curriculum and prepare pilot churches
- Train mentors and launch the first groups
- Evaluate and prepare the model for broader use
“A generation of young people desires a strong marriage. They simply need a path to get there.”
For more than 20 years, we have helped people build stronger marriages. Now we have an opportunity to help the next generation form the healthy, lasting relationships they deeply desire.
Would you help us launch The Christian Dating Project?
Together, we can give churches a practical way to foster community, strengthen young adults, and create more opportunities for meaningful, Christ-centered relationships to grow.
Learn More & Help Build the Path
With gratitude,
Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn
*Research and the need cited here are drawn from national surveys, focus groups, and analysis conducted by Shaunti Feldhahn and collaborating researchers, as well as findings from the Institute for Family Studies’ report, State of Our Unions 2026: The Dating Recession.