Healthy Marriages of Allen County is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to promoting healthy marriages through education, enrichment, and support. HMAC assists other community organizations in developing marriage-strengthening resources for the couples they serve. In addition, we serve as a marriage hub—connecting couples interested in strengthening their marriage with programs and resources in our community.

HMAC coordinated the signing of the Allen County Community Marriage Agreement in February, 2008. The purpose of the signing was for individuals and organizations to demonstrate their commitment to strengthening marriages. Please see our Community Agreement page for a list of organizations that have made this commitment and for information on how you can sign this agreement. This agreement was supported by Fort Wayne’s Mayor Tom Henry, Congressman Mark Souder, and more than 50 other individuals, churches, and community organizations.
 

THE HMAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Burg, Ph.D., LMFT, LMHC, is the chairman of the board of directors for HMAC. He is director of the Counselor Education Program and chair of the Department of Professional Studies at IPFW. Dr. Burg teaches marriage and family therapy courses at IPFW and provides training to churches and community organizations on marriage education, premarital and marital assessment, and mentor couples. He and his wife Audora have been married for 10 years and they have three children.
burgj@ipfw.edu
260-481-5406

Nancy L. Williams, M.A., LMHC, is a member of the board of directors for HMAC. She is the director of Renew Counseling Center where she provides premarital, marriage and family, and individual counseling. She is a licensed minister with the General Council of the Assemblies of God, and the director of Extraordinary Women at First Assembly of God Christian Center. Nancy frequently leads marriage and family enrichment seminars with her husband Don. Nancy has taught Marriage and Family courses at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN, and has been a visiting lecturer at the Sofia Pentecostal Bible College in Sofia, Bulgaria, and at the Cape School of Theology in Cape Town, South Africa. She and her husband Don have been married for 22 years and have three children: Landon, Lyndsie, and Makinsey.
nwilliams@firstassembly.cc
260-490-8585

Rev. Ron Williams is a member of the board of directors for HMAC. He is the Sr. Pastor of Pathway Community Church in Fort Wayne, IN. Ron's passion for marriage and the family is evident through his leadership at PCC where various programs and ministries have been created to enrich marriages and strengthen the family. He is a trainer/coach for Life Innovations and provides training to clergy and counselors utilizing the Prepare/Enrich assessment tool. Ron has also written Couple to Couple a premarital mentoring program that is being utilized in various churches who have incorporated mentoring into a premarital process. He and his wife Laura have been married for 14 years and they have three children.
rw2@pathwaycommunity.org
260-469-4444

Rev. Dr. Junius Batten Pressey, Jr., is the Family Life Coordinator/ Trainer of Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition, Inc-Fort Wayne Area. He is a member and treasurer of the Board of Directors of Healthy Marriages of Allen County. He and his wife Elaine are Certified Marriage Mentor. He is a member of Come As You Are Community Church Pastoral Leadership Team. He is a Christian writer, lecturer, and ministry consultant. He and his wife Elaine has been married for 34 years.
jpressey6005@verizon.net
260-447-6036

Chuck Sunberg - Grace Point Church of the Nazarene
yaksun@aol.com
260-485-2110

Paul Armstrong is the Secretary of the board of directors for HMAC. He is the pastor of Northeast Christian Church. He is also a Navy Chaplain Candidate in training with the Navy to become a Navy Chaplain. As a Pastor and in preparation for Navy Chaplaincy, Paul has been on the front lines of helping families in crisis. This experience has given him a passion for helping marriages start right, stay strong and work towards restoration. He and his wife Andreya have been married for 16 years and have three children
paul.armstrong@nechristianchurch.org
260-486-1272

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In 2006, local pastors and community leaders began meeting to discuss how to improve the quality of marriages as well as decrease the rates of domestic violence and divorce. These conversations led to the creation of the Allen County Community Marriage Agreement as a method of demonstrating the community-wide support for healthy marriages. HMAC was incorporated in January, 2008 with a mission to prepare, enrich, and restore marriages in Allen County.

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