Since 2012 the Verrets have used that ministry to reach both engaged and married couples in a variety of formats. And their work has occurred amid an encouraging shift in U.S. marriage culture: declining divorce rates for new marriages. “The divorce revolution of the 1960s and 1970s saw rising divorce rates across the board, with the highest divorce rates among couples who married in their early 20s,” he said. “If you don’t see happy married couples around, you’re not going to want to get married,” she said. “If we get it right, the marriage rate will go up and the divorce rate will go down,” she said.