Pre-Marital Counseling Questionnaire

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Topic: Religious Orientation

  1. What was your understanding of God when you were growing up?

How has that changed?

  1. Did you attend a worship service on a regular basis when you were growing up?

What was that experience like for you?

  1. Do you attend a worship service on a regular basis now?

Why or why not

  1. Do you plan on attending a worship service after you are married?

  2. Does your church or faith have role expectation for men/women, husbands/wives?

If so, how do you feel about those expectations?

  1. Does your church or faith have any expectations in regard to raising children?

If so, how do you feel about those expectations?

  1. What expectations does you church or your faith place on your spouse?

If so, how do you feel about those expectations?

  1. Are there any expectations which your church or your faith place on you with which you are uncomfortable?

  2. How involved do you want your spouse to be in the religious aspects of your life?

  3. Are there any religious differences (beliefs or practices) between you and your spouse of which you are concerned?

  4. What are your religious convictions about:

- premarital sex?

- birth control?

- abortion?

- divorce?

- remarriage?

  1. How would you describe your religious beliefs today?

  2. Will you share your spiritual beliefs with your children or with others?

  3. How can spirituality help your relationship to grow?