- The church can advise Christians against expensive wedding items of clothes, cakes, cars and many others
- People should be sensitized about the importance of church marriages such as faithfulness, need for stability and the legal implication.
- Christians should be motivated to undertake church marriages by offering the matrimonial sacraments. Also members of the church should contribute and participate in preparation of Christian marriages.
- The church should uphold the practice of monogamy as opposed to polygamy. Any form of sex outside marriage should be condemned.
- The church can withhold offering of sacraments such as (Eucharist) Holy Communion to Christians who fail to keep their matrimonial promises.
- Positions of leadership in the church should be restricted to people who are legally and have kept their promises.
- The church may recognize those who have stayed in marriage for a period of time. They may give them certificates and assist them to organize and celebrate such achievements for example silver, jubilee and golden jubilee.
- The church may promote Christian marriage by forming organizations like mothers union, fathers union where members can share experiences, encourages one another and acquire skills in dealing with marital problems.
- Young people intending to marry should be offered guidance and counseling on mothers patterning sex. They be encouraged to show love, respect, tolerate and patient to one another.
- The church should preach and advocate for love and forgiveness of one another in marriage “all have sinned and run short to the glory of God’.
- Married people should be encouraged to show good examples to the unmarried so that they can appreciate the importance of Christian marriage.
- Christian parents should be sensitized to bring up children in Godly ways and train them to respect people especially of the opposite sex
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