Debra and Jabari Steward
Mission-Driven Marriage Transformation Architects
Debra and Jabari Steward are the husband-and-wife team behind Keeping It Lit Media™, serving the Church by strengthening the foundation that shapes every spiritual, cultural, and generational outcome: marriage.
They believe the health of the Church begins with the health of its marriages and that biblical conviction must be matched by relational practice for true discipleship to take root. Yet across the Body of Christ, one issue quietly undermines families, leaders, volunteers, and long-term ministry sustainability: disconnect. Disconnect from God, and disconnect from one another, often formed through busyness, divided priorities, and gaps in discipleship.
To address this, Debra and Jabari created The Keeping It Lit Signature Framework™, a biblically grounded system that confronts disconnect from every angle through four foundational pillars.
These four pillars form Living Principles that empower couples to build marriages that are deeply connected,
filled with excitement, and rooted in purpose.
From this foundation, Debra and Jabari developed
The Relational Plan™, a scalable pathway that equips Christians from singleness through seasoned marriage with the clarity and practices
needed to cultivate lifelong covenant connection.
Their work has become The We Are Marriage Culture Global Movement,
now reaching believers in 16 nations across 6 continents and redefining church health through connection, discipleship, and legacy.
To serve senior pastors and organizational leaders,
Debra and Jabari created The L2M Marriage Culture Assessment™,
the first diagnostic tool designed to measure connection across a church’s leaders and couples. It provides pastors with measurable clarity,
reduces pastoral drain, stabilizes volunteer teams, strengthens leadership pipelines, and builds long-term church health from the home outward.
Today, Debra and Jabari are building a scalable architecture for global marriage discipleship, a system that equips churches,
strengthens families, and shapes culture for generations.
Their mission is to redefine church health through connection and build a global culture of deeply connected marriages that fortify leaders, uphold families, and establish lasting generational legacy.
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Trusted Voices of Lasting Change
Their story resonates because it’s real. Like many couples, they once found themselves caught in the busyness of life, showing up more for their schedules than they were for their own marriage. They weren’t struggling because of a lack of love; they were simply drifting apart without even realizing it. That realization changed everything. Determined to rebuild the bond they once had, they created The Keeping It Lit Signature Framework for Marriage Transformation, a proven approach that empowers couples with intentional tools to deepen connection at every level.
