The purpose of this paper is to assess pre-marital counseling offered by the counselors during Naomi/Laban showers. The study will also assess the content of counseling about gender roles and responsible sex in Christian marriages in Gaborone, Botswana. The paper proposes the use of African Pastoral counseling in providing premarital counseling. This theory is suitable for Naomi/Laban bridal showers because it helps focus premarital counseling on issues that affect their counselees (Barlow, 1999:6). It offers an opportunity for preventing marital conflicts and marriage failure (Antoine, 2012). The paper utilized the data collected1st of August 2016 to the 31st of March 2017 in Gaborone and its surrounding villages of Kanye, Tlokweng, Mochudi and Ramotswa. It aims at examining how Naomi-Laban showers might offer effective premarital counseling to couples intending to marry and their in-laws for the purpose of building strong marriages. Key words: Sexuality, gender and age

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