Meet Marcellus & Valerie

We’re Cel and Valerie Bonner, and we’ve been married for more than 40 years — long enough to know that a lasting marriage isn’t the one that never struggles. It’s the one that keeps investing when it would be easier to coast.

We didn’t always get it right. There were seasons when we were busy with good things — family, ministry, work — and slowly stopped investing in us. What brought us back wasn’t a program or a perfect plan. It was returning to God together, and learning to abide in Him as the true source of our connection.

Out of that journey, Marriage Investors was born. Our heart is simple: to give couples the biblical tools, honest encouragement, and practical steps we wish we’d had earlier — so your marriage doesn’t just survive the seasons, but grows richer through them.

Everything we do is Christ-centered and grounded in Scripture, drawn from decades of marriage, ministry, and Prepare/Enrich-certified coaching. Whether through our book, Valerie’s study, the free Marriage Score, or personal coaching, our prayer is the same for you.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.” — John 15:5