Question Engagement: Importance of Asking Before Getting Engaged

Table for One Ministries • March 3, 2020
  • Singles Bible Studies and Devotionals

    Slide title

    Learn More

    Button
  • Resources for Churches

    Slide title

    Learn More

    Button
  • Singles Shop

    Slide title

    Write your caption here
    Button

You have been single for a few years but recently you have been dating someone and it is getting serious, real serious. You are both casually talking about building a life together and dreaming big dreams for your future. Pause. Before you start down those roads too far, remember the step between being married and dating is being engaged. Question engagement is often undervalued, merely seen as a step to get a ring and reasons to start planning a big wedding day. Engagement is an important time for you both; it’s a time to solidify the little details in your relationship before the big day. But before you get engaged, you need to ask a few questions. By this point, you have hopefully engaged in questioning compatibility, paving the way for a deeper understanding through question engagement. Questions about your spiritual, physical, and emotional compatibility. Right before you get engaged, now is the time to ask the small questions. 101 of them is a good start. We recommend 101 Questions to ask BEFORE you get engaged by H. Norman Wright because it forces a couple to process fully the commitment they are about to make. These questions may seem repetitive at first, but every couple we have seen go through it has learned more about themselves and their potential future partner. Christ is the foundation of a life-long relationship. With Him, all things are possible and together you will be one before Him in marriage. Take time to work out the small details before the hustle and bustle of being engaged and planning a wedding.  Your relationship will benefit tremendously by doing so.

Singles Ministry Co-Leaders: Choosing Well, Handling Conflict
By Table for One Ministries September 22, 2026
Learn how to choose singles ministry co-leaders, set clear small group expectations, resolve conflict biblically, and keep discipleship at the center of ministry.
Christian support for loneliness after losing a spouse.
By Table for One Ministries August 28, 2026
Learn how Christian widows and widowers can deal with loneliness after losing a spouse through prayer, community, support, and hope.
 Bible says about widows and God’s care for widowhood.
By Table for One Ministries August 28, 2026
Explore what the Bible says about widows, God’s care, church support, Psalm 68:5, James 1:27, and biblical hope in widowhood.
Open Bible beside a quiet window representing Christian hope after losing a spouse for widows and wi
By Table for One Ministries August 21, 2026
Find Christian hope after losing a spouse with biblical comfort, grief support, Scripture, and encouragement for widows and widowers.
Young adults gathered in biblical community as a church helps them apply biblical principles to AI
By Table for One Ministries August 17, 2026
Churches can help young adults use AI with biblical wisdom, resist artificial intimacy, and build real discipleship in biblical community for today's world.
Christian single adult considering dating after divorce with wisdom, healing, and faith.
By Table for One Ministries August 10, 2026
Dating after divorce requires wisdom, healing, community, and clear faith. Learn how Christian singles can move slowly and stay complete in Christ today wisely.
Divorced adult finding Christian hope through Scripture, prayer, and journaling after divorce.
By Table for One Ministries August 3, 2026
Life after divorce can feel uncertain and painful. Find Christian hope, identity, purpose, and community as you rebuild complete in Christ after divorce now.
Christian healing after divorce through prayer, grief, Scripture, and trusted support.
By Table for One Ministries July 27, 2026
Healing after divorce takes honest grief, biblical comfort, wise support, and community. Learn how Christ restores identity beyond shame, loss, and pain today.
single men in church
By Table for One Ministries July 20, 2026
Single men in church need more than attendance. Here are 7 ways churches can help single men belong, lead, serve, grow in Christ, and matter in the mission.
Older church members praying with and encouraging young adults in an intergenerational ministry sett
By Table for One Ministries July 13, 2026
Discover how older adults can invest in young adult ministry through mentoring, prayer, hospitality, and intergenerational discipleship in the local church.