Ty and Jamie Pipkins have been married for 30 years and have 3 married children, and 7 grandchildren. After accepting the call to the ministry at church camp as a teenager, Ty has accumulated over 25 years ministry experience including positions as Pastor, Youth Pastor and Worship Pastor. During this time Jamie assisted in roles as Pastor’s wife, women’s department leader, as well as ministry to young women and foster children. After spending 7 years on staff as associate pastors leading worship and overseeing the facilities of a growing church, christian school, and ranch for youth in crisis, they moved to Mountain View, AR to pursue opportunities to continue to minister to couples. Over the last couple years they have helped start 12:2 Fellowship, an interdenominational church, seeking to encourage beleivers to be transformed by the renewing of their mind as Paul wrote in Romans 12:2. Together they have years of experience organizing and leading ministry events, fundraising, speaking to congregations, ministering to couples, and construction of ministry facilities..

So why Choose To Stay? Having personally witnessed the effects of divorce in their families, and having survived storms in their own marriage, Ty and Jamie have developed a passion to see couples overcome the difficulties that attempt to destroy marriage relationships. Focusing on principles obtained from a study in the book of Nehemiah, together they have developed a faith based seminar designed to teach couples to overcome obstacles in their marriage. The only way that will happen is if those couples first Choose To Stay!