Marriage ministry pioneer files for divorce

Marriage ministry pioneer files for divorce

LOS ANGELES — Christian marriage ministry pioneer Ray Mossholder has filed for divorce from his wife of 42 years and plans to remarry.

Mossholder, whose Marriage Plus Ministries has reportedly saved more than 11,000 couples from divorce, said he is “ashamed and disgraced” by the failure of his marriage. Mossholder, 64, compared his situation to “the story of the shoemaker who was so busy that his own wife had to go without shoes. … I make no excuse for it. I won’t even blame the devil for what has been my own fault.”

Mossholder is the author of three books, including “Marriage Plus,” and has spoken at seminars around the world. He said, “What I taught was truth; however, it seemed that we were never able to apply it in our own marriage.”