Pastor Wade has a real heart and passion for marriage coaching. In addition to seminary, he has trained under Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the authors of several books including, The Seven Principle for Making Marriage Work, Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, and The Relationship Cure. With ten years of working with couples, he has seen a little bit of everything…the highs, the lows, betrayals, successes, hope and despair. Of course, his own twelve year marriage to Julia has been his best classroom for learning about marriage and testing out different theories regarding what can make a marriage great. Drawing from the Gospel and best psychological practices, he offers hope and practical advice for couples preparing for marriage or working to improve or save an existing marriage.
Occasionally, Pastor Wade also teams us with select, heavily-vetted, local counselors to provide an even higher level of support or counseling to a couple in distress. Between providing his own short-term interventions, team-based counseling and high confidence referrals, some 40+ marriages have been healed and transformed at Grace over the past several years! To seek his advice, coaching, intervention or a well-researched referral, just email him at wade@gracebhm.org.