formerly Marriage Ministries International (UK)
Married for Life © ONE for Life © Parents for Life © Deepening Love ©
UK OFFICE 2=1, P.O. Box 1021, Beaconsfield HP9 2WR Tel: 01494 677 737 e-Mail: uk@2equal1.com
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2025
Charity Name: 2=1 (UK) Other Names: previously Marriage Ministries International (UK) Registered Charity No: 1051998 Charity’s Principal Address PO Box 1021, Beaconsfield HP9 2WR
Trustee Names: Mr Michael Thomas – Director/Chairman Mrs Lyn Thomas – Secretary Mr Rowland Henshaw Mrs Folake Henshaw Mr Carlton Jones Mrs Mavis Jones Mr Samuel Jayakrishna Mrs. Niranjani Jayakrishna Mr Oswald Pfupa Mrs Wendy Pfupa
During the year Mr Gerald Hornsby-Odoi and Mrs Maria Hornsby-Odoi resigned from the Board (as Trustees) and were replaced by Mr Oswald Pfupa and Mrs Wendy Pfupa.
Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Documents:
Articles of Association and Memorandum of Association, dated May 1995.
Constitution:
Charity/Trust
Trustee Selection
Agreement of Trustees at the Annual General Meeting.
Additional Governance Issues:
2=1 had its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Due to the death of one of the Founding Directors in 2021, the headquarters were moved to Guatemala, where the new Global Directors are based. 2=1 (UK) takes its guidance from the
Blessing the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3)
2=1 is affiliated to Marriage Resource and a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Registered Charity No. 1051998
2=1 corporation (2=1 Inc) and all the course material is provided by the 2=1 organisation. 2=1 (UK) is affiliated to Care for the Family and the Evangelical Alliance, both charities in the UK.
Financial Review
A copy of our 2024/25 accounts has already been submitted.
Objectives of the Charity: Proclaiming, teaching and educating Christian and nonChristian persons by means of educational resources in order to advance, strengthen and support marriages and family life in the UK and elsewhere through the world, based on the principles, standards, ideals and doctrines of the Christian faith.
Summary of Main Activities
To teach married couples (and couples preparing for marriage), how to live their marriages and parent their children in accordance with the principles, standards, ideals and doctrines of the Christian faith. Our main course, Married for Life, has also been made available on video for group use. We also hold teaching weekends and conferences.
Achievements and Performance
During 2025 we had a conference in Hungary and celebrated the fact that 2=1 Hungary has been established for 25 years! In the UK, we taught several One for Life and Married for Life courses to couples across the UK, in English and Portuguese. These courses are taught online as well as face to face. We also taught our Deepening Love weekend course to couples from England and Portugal. We have approximately 40 leadership couples in the UK. The work in Europe is growing significantly particularly in Portugal and we are establishing 2=1 in several new European countries including France, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands.
Over the past few years we have updated our website to allow for online registration, payment and reporting. We continue to upload our manuals in the various European languages so courses can be done without paper manuals.
We often have online prayer meetings and conferences for couples across Europe.
Directors Roles
Mr and Mrs Thomas have been the UK Directors for 2=1 since 2008 and in October 2015 became the International Directors, Europe. This means that they generally travel to Europe as needed to visit the couples leading 2=1 in other European countries, as well as leading the work across Europe, which includes establishing the ministry in more European countries and running conferences and ministry weekends.
We occasionally travel to other continents to teach leaders, particularly for the Deepening Love weekend course. In the last few years we have taught this in New Zealand, Malaysia, Australia and most recently in South Africa.
Blessing the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3)
2=1 is affiliated to Marriage Resource and a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Registered Charity No. 1051998
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Blessing the families of the earth (Genesis 12:3)
2=1 is affiliated to Marriage Resource and a member of the Evangelical Alliance. Registered Charity No. 1051998