Paul A. Friesen

Dr. Paul Friesen and his wife, Virginia, have been married since 1976. They are the parents of three young adult women, two of whom are now married to wonderful, Godly men. Paul and Virginia are the founders of Home Improvement Ministries (www.HIMweb.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping individuals and churches to better encourage marriages and families in living out God’s design for healthy relationships.

Paul writes, teaches, and counsels. He and Virginia regularly speak together at marriage, men’s, and women’s conferences across the country, as well as at family and parenting seminars. Each summer, the Friesens travel to California to serve as program directors for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s Campus by the Sea family camp programs.

Paul has authored and co-authored over ten books and curriculums on parenting and marriage, including Letters to My Daughters, In Our Image, So You Want to Marry My Daughter, Before You Save the Date, and most recently, The Marriage App.

Paul has a doctorate in Marriage and Family Therapy and a master’s degree in Family Ministry, both from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Before founding Home Improvement Ministries in 2003, he was on staff at Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he served as the Director of Men’s and Family Ministries.

Paul and Virginia’s greatest joy in life is knowing that their children are “walking in the truth.”