The chairman of the Christ Apostolic Church International, Apostle Samuel Amponsah Frimpong says spousal migration tends to crush marriages and plunge partners into temptations if they fail to deal with its challenges.
He indicated that spousal migration will for a long time become part of human existence as people continue to travel to places that are deemed greener and leave their spouses behind.
Apostle Frimpong Amponsah in a review on the subject of spousal migration in the book, “I am Married but I am Single, the Other Side of Spousal Migration”, authored by Emmanuel Idan & Gina Idan said, the absence of one of the partners negates the objective for the existence of marriage Institution.
He also said apart from the difficulties spouses may face as a result of their absence to support each other, it could also have a toll on the lives of the dependants, especially children.
He said “Spousal migration separates partners in marriage and negates the very reason for which the marriage institution was ordained by God. Spousal absence can seriously imperil relationships and plunge marriage partners into temptations”.
“The absence of the man or the woman opens doors and Satan can easily take advantage of it to wreck the marriage. The strength of the Godhead is in the ability to dwell together which shows how married couples must manifest the strength of this kind of unity,” he added.
He therefore appealed to married couples especially Christians to critically discuss such an important issue before any of the partners migrate, leaving one partner behind for various reasons
A co-author of the book “I am Married but I am Single, the Other Side of Spousal Migration”, Emmanuel Idan in an interview with Daily Guide said a major theme of the book which is yet to be launched is prolonged distant relationship with limited certainty of physical reunion and its social and psychological impact on left-behind spouses and children.
He added that the book discusses some of the challenges married couples face because of spousal absence drawn from their experience of staying apart for almost seven years barely eight months after their marriage where one partner had to travel abroad for economic reasons.
Other topics discussed in the book include marriage, spousal migration and Economic Empowerment, diaspora life, and years of sex starvation.
The authors also espouse God’s intended plan for marriage and marital relationships, at what point partners or would-be partners need to quit, what people should know before accepting proposals from would-be partners domiciled abroad.
Among some of the notable people who reviewed the 132-page book is Joyce Rosalind Aryee, the executive director of Salt and Light Ministries.
