In this 3 day conference, couples will learn the noble art of willingly and generously offering themselves to one another in a way that brings healing and connection in marriage. You will experience what it means to feel known and not alone. You will learn how to:

• Navigate your relationship through nine stages of intimacy.
• Develop the four connections of an intimate relationship
• Discover the answers to unsolvable marriage problems.
• Develop a noble vision for your marriage
• Learn how to answer the four core questions of your spouse, which leads to feelings of safety, security, significance and sufficiency within the relationship.
• Understand the eight essential needs that will energize your marriage.
• Learn the power of delighting
• Get hands-on experience in discovering and writing out your Noble Identity in Christ. Gain confidence in speaking it as a blessing.

You will come away from this conference understanding the two paths of relationship. You will learn how to recognize the the normal path of marital expectations which cycles through anger, pride, shame, guilt, hopelessness, regret, and fear, leaving you without energy and even more desirous of relationship. You will learn how to course correct and get onto the noble path which leads to courage, willingness, acceptance, understanding, love, joy and peace leaving you both energized and connected.

Linda had been experiencing seizures three to four times per week prior to attending her first conference. Her seizures began to go away once Jim learned the 4 Heroic Deeds of Marriage and began listening to her heart and helping her relieve the stress she was experiencing.

What Will I Learn?

How to be a noble partner. Through a series of presentations, guided exercises, hands-on experiences, you will learn the fundamentals of connecting with your spouse in spirit, soul, mind and body. Topics include:

• The Four Core Questions of a Spouse: Men and women are often unaware of each other’s questions and seem to be oblivious to the obvious when it comes to knowing what makes a woman feel loved and a man feel respected.
• The normal and noble paths of marriage: You will be able to recognize the two paths and know how to course correct so you can reconnect as a couple.
• Noble Plans of Marriage: Discover the art of wise decision-making as a couple. Deciding how you will decide is a key to marital oneness. You will learn four ways of deciding as a couple and understand which one is most appropriate for each situation you encounter. You will also learn the five elements of a noble plan that empowers each spouse to enhance the relationship.
• The Blessing and Your Noble Identity: All of our actions flow from who we are. One of the reasons God gave us a memory is so we can remember who we are when we awaken each day and have our actions consistent with that identity. Think of what it would be like to be reminded every day of your Noble Identity, so that you can act consistently Christ-like day by day.
• DISC Behavioral Style: You will discover your normal style of relating and handling conflict and how these strengths can be overextended and become your greatest weaknesses.
• The Nine Stages of Intimacy: You will learn how to create a safe environment that allows you to progress through nine stages of intimacy. You will have opportunities to navigate through some of these stages at the conference.
• 5 Phases of Maturity: Learn the stages of maturity: infant, child, adult, parent, and elder. You will discover how the traumas of life can lead to believing lies, which can develop into fears and result in bad decisions and painful memories. Painful memories can be triggered by well-meaning spouses and reveal wounded hearts that are in need of healing.

In addition to the prepared topics, you will have time to ask questions and spark discussions with other couples.

“Chris’s coaching saved my marriage, I didn’t realize how I had caused my wife to feel rejected and abandon when I would avoid the conflict or walk away from the conversation. I realize how important it is to resolve issues so they don’t become land mines in our relationship.”
–A thankful husband

Who Is It For?

For couples who want to develop the full potential of their marriage and connect in spirit, soul, mind and body. This conference will be a good fit for you if…

• You are desirous of being willing conduits of God’s love to bring healing to one another’s wounded hearts
• You are willing course correct from the normal path of marital expectations and get on the noble path of marital generosity.
• You have made it your goal to become the noble version of who God created you to be in Christ Jesus.
• You are seeking an opportunity to create the safety to be known and to know your spouse.
• You can prepare for this conference by assessing the unmet needs you came into marriage with so you can reveal vulnerably your hopes and dreams, your feelings, fears, needs, and what you need most from God to make you a whole person able to give and receive in relationship.

“Chris and Anne model a real relationship that is in progress and they demonstrate tools that are practical and truly work.”
Couple from Oregon

Who Teaches the Conference?

Anne Hogan: Anne passionately loves God, her husband Chris, and each of their 10 children. She has a heart for as many more physical and spiritual children as God wants to send her. She enjoys keeping her home for the purpose of blessing her family and offering hospitality to others. Her chief aims are to know God intimately and to be an unhindered conduit of God’s love and power to disciple the nations. She resides in Springfield, IL, where she has started a number of on-going women’s discipleship groups and is a life coach for women throughout the world. Anne assisted her husband Chris Hogan in founding the Noble Call Institute, a ministry dedicated to helping people discover their noble calls in each of five life roles: person, partner, parent, provider and proclaimer.

Chris Hogan: Chris is the president the Advanced Training Institute International and the founder and president of Noble Call Institute. Chris is an international conference speaker on the five life roles of person, partner, parent, provider and proclaimer, and a reconciliation consultant to corporate and Christian organizations. Chris and his wife Anne developed the 10 Courageous Questions of a Noble Conversation and they are creating an international network of conversation coaches for the purpose of strengthening relationships. Chris disciples men locally and develops disciple-makers internationally with an eye to strengthening families, churches, and nations. Chris resides in Springfield, IL, with his wife and noble partner Anne, and their 10 children whose ages range from newborn to fifteen years.

What is the Conference Like?

Interactive Learning: Attending a noble partners marriage conference enables you to course correct your marriage and reconnect at a deeper and more intimate level than ever before. You will:

• get your questions answered by experienced marriage coaches
• learn through helpful exercises
• discover new ways of handling conflict
• Noble Identity statement that can be used as a blessing

Attending the conference will enable you to learn through extra time alone with God and in the rich fellowship of “iron sharpening iron” among sisters in Christ.

“Chris has taught me that what makes a spouse irresistible is not how interesting he or she is but how interested they are.”
– Husband from Pennsylvania

What Should I Bring?

• Bible and Journal
• Dress is business casual for men and modest apparel for ladies.

What Does My Registration Include?

• Lodging at the Dallas Training/Ministry Center
• Meals and Snacks
• Conference materials

Testimonials

Experiencing Oneness Like Never Before

My husband and I have found a complete spiritual breakthrough and are experiencing a oneness that we have never experienced in our 22 years of marriage. We have been homeschooled since 1994 and my husband is the head of our Family Support Network group that meets in Salem, OR, yet was resisting the grace of God in his life to overcome the attacks of Satan. Now, he understands his identity in Christ in such a real and meaningful way. We experienced such a time of cleansing and forgiveness on Saturday. God’s goodness is now overwhelming our whole family and me. We had the opportunity to have breakfast Sunday with Chris and Anne and went on a walk with them through the woods and God spoke so clearly to us through them and the testimony of their lives. It was wonderful to have those 2 hours with them before they had to leave. My husband and I had all day Sunday to drive home and spent so much of the time reading the Word and praying and confessing and asking God for more revelation and strength. Then this morning he called of the children together for a time of confessing a praying and the children forgiving him and us for not having the marriage that God wants for us. We have a new energy and excitement that I haven’t experienced for a long time. We praise God for his goodness and how his truth and mercy can conquer sin and evil and we can be victorious!

Making Progress 2 Weeks After the Conference

Chris, Thank you so much for the impact that you and Anne have had on our lives. Almost 2 weeks, and we’re still doing great! We’ve had many opportunities to continue growing in Christ and growing in our oneness with each other. We have been doing spiritual warfare and it’s sometimes hard, but the victory and hope we feel is definitely worth it! God has sent other couples into our path already to minister to and Phil has had the opportunity to talk to each of the children and is making a lot of progress in relationships there as well. Thank you so much for caring about us. Your willingness to share your lives and what you have learned has been a great blessing in our lives.

— Sherri Janzen

Great Tools, Great Opportunity to Grow

Tish and I have attended seminars over the course of our 22 years of marriage. We value the opportunity to grow in our marriage and are always looking for tools and resources to help other couples grow in their marriages as well. The Noble Partners Marriage conference excels on both accounts. Chris and Anne Hogan teach with a contagious passion for God’s Truth and with power that only comes from lives that are daily being transformed by what they teach. You won’t regret any sacrifice you have to make to attend!

— Ron and Trish Glendening, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Lasting Changes

It’s been over a month now and the changes are lasting. We have genuine intimacy and are experiencing spiritual victory as we intercede for our family and others as a united couple. Our hope and vision for our marriage and children has been resurrected and we are excited to see what God is going to do!

— Wife from Virginia

Biblical, Practical, Enthusiastic

The Marriage Conference with Chris and Anne Hogan was a spiritual high-water mark. The presentations were biblical, practical and enthusiastic. Two of the sessions were particularly impacting, the Courageous Conversations That Resolve Your Most Pressing Issues’ and ‘Developing a Blessing Identity Statement.’ We were also blessed by the transparency and availability of Chris and Anne throughout the conference… The schedule provided enjoyable time for fellowship with the other couples as well as time for just us as a couple. It will be one the most rewarding investments you could make in your marriage."

— Larry Randall, Director of Counseling Ministries, Birchman Baptist Church

I Discovered My Identity in Christ

I would just like to say to both of you that I saw true care and concern in your eyes for all the couples that were there. Maybe that’s what makes your ministry so powerful. No one was made to feel unimportant. This conference was truly a blessing. The most significant thing I was reminded of was my identity in Christ. When we look to Christ in each other (Christ in us the hope of glory) there is always hope.

— Wife from Louisiana

Communicating our Greatest Needs

At the marriage enrichment conference we were driven full-speed ahead through many wonderful truths about ourselves, our relationship with Christ, and our marriages. We began to see and understand what Christ wanted to do and be in us, by His great power. We began to understand that problems are solved through communication and that this must be done in a “safe” way. Chris Hogan shared with us how to determine our own greatest needs in our marriage and how to communicate to our spouses what these were in a loving, non-threatening, non-demanding way.

— Wife from Texas

Working Together for the First Time

For the first time in our marriage, we are working together and resolving conflict as it surfaces. We have intimacy for the first time.

— Wife from Texas

I Changed My Mind About Divorce

I had announced to my husband three weeks before the conference that I was divorcing him. The thought of staying in an emotionally empty marriage for another 29 years was not what I had in mind for my life. Your conference on marriage communication, understanding the needs of your spouse, and the blessing, really woke my husband up. You helped to break the final strongholds that were preventing us from experiencing a whole marriage.

— Wife from Maryland

Courageous Conversations Resolve Real Issues

The courageous conversation exercise has been the one tool that has done more for us in helping us get to real issues and pursue each other’s hearts. Through that tool we find ourselves moving toward each other and separating out the issues in a clearer way than ever before.

— Husband from Florida

Marriage Has Never Been Better

My wife was getting more desperate after 7 years of trying to resolve festering issues that I couldn’t grasp or resolve. In desperation a day before the conference, I booked airline tickets to attend the conference. The training and the Courageous Conversations that we had that weekend, particularly with “conversation coaches” made all the difference for our marriage, which after 17 years, has never been better!

— Husband from Idaho

Gained Hope for Resolving Pressing Issues

My wife and I came this past week with a number of pressing issues that were creating tremendous stress for both of us. We were in need of a way to work through these issues without getting defensive. I believe that through the coaching process we were able to gain some real hope for building a great marriage – something we both really want, but could not see as really possible.

— Husband from North Carolina

Feasting on the Deep Insights Shared

At first, I have to admit, I was not to excited about going to another marriage conference. We’ve attended so many and although I learned things I always felt there was a shallowness in the teaching. Praise God, this was not the case for this marriage conference. We are still feasting on the wonderful insight and deeper understanding we gleaned from you.

— Wife from Virginia

Found Solution for Understanding My Wife

We have been married for 27 years. The major mistake that I made over all these years is when my wife got upset and/or shutdown in communication, I would go away and leave her alone. Sometimes I went away because I didn’t like the conflict; sometimes because I was upset; and sometimes I went away thinking she needed to have space. But I learned at the conference that this is the time she needs me to stay with her the most. I need to continue to pursue knowing her feelings and her heart. The last thing I should do is to leave her in the ‘ocean of emotion’ and abandon her. I have made the commitment to change and may God have grace on me so I can die to myself and do what I ought to.

— Chinese Husband

Summary of the three marriage conferences

Each of the following conferences can stand alone or build on one another. Each conference has a distinct focus so you can master more by learning less. In summary they are:

• Zero to Hero: The four heroic deeds of marriage focus is on learning tools to resolve the most pressing issues in marriage.
• Noble Partners Marriage Conference focus is on connecting in spirit, soul, mind and body by learning to move through nine stages of intimacy.
• Noble Call Marriage Conference focus is on discovering your calling and equipping you as a couple to eternally impact others within your sphere of influence.

The Zero to Hero Marriage Conference is the first in the series and it focuses on resolving the most pressing issues in your marriage. Learning to deal with the past, present, and future issues will help you eliminate the barriers to intimacy and open up opportunities for greater unity and harmony in your relationship. Men will learn how to encourage themselves in the Lord so they can pursue, overtake and recover all God has for their most important family relationships. Wives will learn how to become women of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance. Each couple will learn the 10 courageous questions that will help them navigate their relationship through the ocean of emotion.

The Noble Partners Marriage Conference once a couple learns how to resolve conflict and remove the barriers of intimacy they are ready to develop and maintain 4 key connections in marriage. The focus is on developing oneness of spirit, soul, mind and body. Couples will learn how to create the safety within their relationship so they can move through nine stages of intimacy. When a couple has learned to live with one another in an understanding way they develop a one accord spirit that energizes them to be healed and to become the best version of who God created them to be as individuals and as a couple.

The Noble Call Marriage Conference when a couple has learned to resolve pressing issues and develop oneness in marriage they will have what is called one accord power. Being in one accord simply means being of one passion. The Noble Call marriage conference focuses a couple on discovering their calling as a couple so they can share one passion in God and find purpose in meaning in all they do. A couple will shift their focus from finding fulfillment in marriage to finding purpose and meaning in giving what they have to others.