Editing Engagement (section)

====Protestant Churches====
The [[Lutheran]] book of ''Liturgical Forms'' includes the "Form and Manner of Betrothal in Church", which can take place in the church or alternatively, in the house of the bride.<ref name="LochnerCarver2023">{{cite book |last1=Lochner |first1=Friedrich |last2=Carver |first2=Matthew |title=Liturgical Forms |date=2023 |publisher=Emmanuel Press |pages=75–79}}</ref> This rite can be found throughout history, such as in early Lutheran liturgical texts, the Stasbourg C.O. 1604 being an example.<ref name="LochnerCarver2023"/> ''Liturgical Forms'' states that The Rite of Betrothal is seen as an "admirable practice of plighting one's troth in church, so in keeping with the holiness and importance of marital betrothal as the ''incipient marital life''."<ref name="LochnerCarver2023"/>

The 2019 [[Book of Common Prayer]], used by Anglican Christian denominations such as the [[Anglican Church in North America]], includes a Christian rite of betrothal called "A Brief Liturgy for the Signing of the Declaration of Intention" in which a Christian couple ratifies their intention before God and the Church to marry.<ref name="ACNA2019" /> During this liturgy, the following is signed and dated by the engaged couple after the [[sign of peace]]:<ref name="ACNA2019" />
{{blockquote|“We, ''N.N.'' and ''N.N.'', desiring to receive the blessing of Holy Matrimony in the Church, do solemnly declare that we hold marriage to be a lifelong union of husband and wife as it is set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. We believe it is established by God for the procreation of children, and their nurture in the knowledge and love of the Lord; for mutual joy, and for the help and comfort given one another in prosperity and adversity; to maintain purity, so that husbands and wives, with all the household of God, might serve as holy and undefiled members of the Body of Christ; and for the upbuilding of Christ’s kingdom in family, church, and society, to the praise of his holy Name. We do engage ourselves, so far as in us lies, to make our utmost effort to establish this relationship and to seek God’s help thereto.”<ref name="ACNA2019" />}}
Following the signing of the declaration of intention, the couple is blessed by the priest:<ref name="ACNA2019" />
{{blockquote|Now that ''N.'' and ''N.'' have declared their intention for a Holy Marriage, and have begun the process of pre-marital preparation, let us pray for their relationship [and for their families]. <br/> 
Almighty God, we thank you for the love of ''N.'' and ''N.'', and we ask your blessing upon them [and their families] during this time of preparation. Open their minds and hearts to one another, enable them faithfully to receive your Word and Sacrament, and help us to support them, that they may rightly prepare for their marriage. And, we pray, give us wisdom to uphold and encourage all who have been united in Holy Matrimony; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.<ref name="ACNA2019" />}}
The Lutheran Churches, the Anglican Communion, the Methodist Churches and the Presbyterian Churches have questions and responses for family members in its Rite of Betrothal, which is sometimes incorporated into the Service of Holy Matrimony itself.<ref name="Prichard2009" /><ref name="LochnerCarver2023"/>