Finding Hope, Healing and Growth After Divorce
Providing care, community, and a faith-based path to recovery and renewal.
New Release
The Divorce & Beyond book is here!
Real stories and faith-based guidance to navigate loneliness, forgiveness, and rebuilding—move from hurt to hope.
From Pain to Purpose
Divorce & Beyond is a faith-based organization dedicated to helping individuals dealing with divorce find hope, healing and growth. For over 30 years, we’ve guided more than 5,000 people from heartbreak to hope, from hurt to healing, and from pain to peace.
Through seminars, support groups, books and an online course, we create safe spaces of acceptance and encouragement. Partnering with churches, we equip communities with resources that foster healing, self-discovery, and renewed hope through faith-based values—welcoming all, regardless of background or church affiliation.
The Facilitators
Bill Koontz
Bill Koontz started the Divorce and Beyond ministry in 1990 and co-facilitates the seminar. Bill has a Master’s degree in education from Xavier University and a Master’s degree in Pastoral Counseling from Cincinnati Christian Seminary. Bill’s personal divorce experience and his Biblical knowledge will guide you in understanding more clearly what you are experiencing and practical ways of moving forward. Bill has two adult children from his first marriage and two adult children with his wife Laura.
Paulette Liburd
Paulette joined the Divorce and Beyond ministry in 2007. She has a B. S. Degree from Tuskegee University and an M.A. in Business Management from Antioch University McGregor. She has facilitated support groups and currently plans and co-facilitates the seminar. She is also a NAMI member (The National Alliance of Mental Illness), where she facilitates the support group LENS (Listening, Education, Network, and Support). She has two adult children and lives in Springdale, OH.
Dan Cox
Dan Cox joined the Divorce and Beyond ministry in 1994. He has facilitated support groups and currently plans and emcees the seminar. His unique gift of humor, expressed through the songs and stories he has written about his divorce experience brings laughter to a challenging experience. Remarried, he and his wife Eileen have five grandchildren. (Dan will gladly show you pictures of his grandkids at any time, and especially if you ask.)
What We Offer
The Seminar
Our seminar is the starting point for healing. In this daylong event, you’ll connect with others facing divorce, hear inspiring recovery stories, and even share some laughter. You’ll gain valuable insights on moving forward while being treated with dignity and care. We keep costs low and offer scholarships to ensure anyone can attend. As one participant shared, “I gained more help in one day than in the last four years combined.”
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Support Groups
At the end of the seminar, you’ll have the opportunity to join a support group if you haven’t already. These video-driven groups meet at various times and locations to fit your schedule, providing ongoing guidance for healing and growth after divorce.
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Online Course
This 11-session, video-driven course allows you to experience our seminar at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. It’s ideal if you can’t attend a live seminar or prefer not to wait for the next one. Churches can also use it as a support group curriculum when hosting a live seminar isn’t an option.
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The Divorce & Beyond Book Series
Drawing from personal experience and faith-based healing, three authors and 30+ contributors share real stories and practical steps to navigate loneliness, forgiveness, and rebuilding—helping you move from hurt to hope and healing.
The Lord heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3 NIV