Matchmaking
You need to complete 5 more courses and 2 more credits to mark this activity complete.
💞 Matchmaking Specialization
Empowering Leaders to Guide Christ-Centered Relationships and Marriages
The Matchmaking Specialization equips you to serve as a trusted guide for those seeking to find and build godly romantic relationships. In today’s world of confusion about dating, love, and marriage, this specialization helps you bring clarity, biblical insight, and spiritual support to singles who long for meaningful, Christ-centered connections.
This credential is ideal for Romance Officiants, ministers, life coaches, and anyone called to walk alongside individuals or communities in the important area of relationship discernment.
💬 Why It Matters
The journey toward a lifelong partner is one of the most impactful decisions a person will ever make. Unfortunately, many are navigating that journey without guidance, mentorship, or a biblical foundation. This can lead to heartache, poor decisions, or even abandonment of the pursuit altogether.
As a Matchmaking Specialist, you’re trained to bring godly wisdom to the process—helping people discern compatibility, grow in emotional and spiritual readiness, and understand the kind of love that leads to covenant marriage. You serve as a relational mentor and conversation facilitator in a world that desperately needs healthy models of love and courtship.
🧰 What You’ll Learn
To receive this specialization, you must complete your core clergy credential (officiant, minister, or chaplain) and maintain a 2.0 GPA, as well as complete the following targeted courses:
Romance Officiant Skills – Prepares you to officiate romantic ceremonies and understand the role of romance in ministry.
Multiplying Christian Leaders – Equips you to mentor and multiply others with a passion for godly matchmaking and discipleship.
Matchmaking Ministry – Introduces the biblical foundations, responsibilities, and methods of Christian matchmaking.
Dating Discernment – Offers guidance on helping others evaluate romantic prospects wisely and prayerfully.
Dating Discernment for Women – Provides specialized insights into guiding women toward healthy, respectful, and godly romantic relationships.
Start a Match Conversations Practice or Ministry – Gives practical tools for launching a conversation-based matchmaking effort or small group ministry.
🌱 How This Specialization Equips You
With the Matchmaking credential, you are prepared to:
Lead small groups, workshops, or coaching sessions on Christian dating
Counsel individuals and couples preparing for marriage
Launch a matchmaking ministry or integrate matchmaking into your pastoral or coaching practice
Officiate weddings with deeper understanding of the couple’s relational formation
Promote healthy courtship, biblical masculinity/femininity, and purity in your community
To receive the
Matchmaking
You must have the credential
Christian Wedding Officiant or
Field Minister (Commended) or
Licensed Life Coach Minister or
Licensed Minister or
Ordained Minister
Requires a 2.00 GPA and to
complete the following :
Level 1 Endorsement0 of 3 Minimum Completed
Matchmaking
You must have the credential
Christian Wedding Officiant or
Field Minister (Commended) or
Licensed Life Coach Minister or
Licensed Minister or
Ordained Minister
Requires a 2.00 GPA and to
complete the following :
Level 1 Endorsement0 of 3 Minimum Completed