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Per public records Smith County, TX. Divorce was final 4/14/22. Mods, if this should be in a different place, please move it and accept my apology! I am a long time lurker and do not know much about how to post things. My gateway fundies were the S'Mortons, which led me to FJ where I discovered the Chapmans shortly thereafter. I recently went back down the Chapman family rabbit hole and wow, lots of changes there.

For many on this forum, Marantha and Matthew Chapman's bizarre courtship story is old news but some of our new members might not know who the couple is. According to Homeschool Anonymous, the couple will not attend the Christian Home Educators of Ohio’s convention this summer. To catch some of you newbs up, I thought that I would write a summary of their courtship. homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com/2013/12/17/matthew-and-maranatha-chapman-withdraw-from-2014-cheo-convention/ When Maranatha was 13, Matthew Chapman told her father Stan Owen that he wanted to marry her. Although Stan already believed that god wanted his daughter to marry the 26 year old man, he ordered Matthew to not let his daughter know about his intentions. He also told Maranatha to let her feelings for the young man die. A couple of years of jerking both the hopeful groom and the underaged girl along continued until Stan relented and gave Matthew a Christmas Card So, the 15 year old bride waited at her father's house for her dad to give the okay for their marriage. She was 15 when she moved in with her 28 year old husband. patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/12/the-rest-of-the-maranatha-story.html On this site, you can see a photo of the Chapman's 16 year old daughter at her marriage to an older man. She looks so young, even younger than 16 and the man looks like he is in his late twenties patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2013/12/the-rest-of-the-maranatha-story.html