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Marriage conference at Lakewood focuses on 'better together than alone'

Three couples unite to restore marital bonds with Forever Ministries

Stephen Jackson, founder of Forever Ministries, speaks with a reporter about the upcoming Forever Marriage Conference in Gainesville, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. - photo by David Barnes

01202018 FOREVER 0001.jpg — Stephen Jackson, founder of Forever Ministries, speaks with a reporter about the upcoming Forever Marriage Conference in Gainesville, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. - photo by David Barnes

Stephen Jackson had a broken back, a fractured skull and an unwavering faith in God. Jackson was one of three Hall County firefighters who fell some 50 feet in a July 2014 training exercise involving an aerial ladder truck.