Divorce remains an important family and social concern, and prior locally derived research in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, identified elevated divorce vulnerability during the early years of marriage. Building on this evidence, a preventive marriage education program was developed in partnership with local Religious Affairs Office (KUA) offices. Rather than evaluating the effectiveness of this program, the present study examined the baseline profile of self-reported marital readiness among participants entering the program and identified priority educational needs. This exploratory cross-sectional baseline needs assessment analyzed data from 66 participants (predominantly not-yet-married, with a smaller proportion already married) using a program-specific, 25-item dichotomous (Yes/No) self-report questionnaire covering five conceptual domains: rights and responsibilities, husband-wife responsibilities, conflict management, social/relational interaction, and religious knowledge. The overall baseline score was high (mean = 23.379 of 25, SD = 1.812), with positive-response proportions ranging from 89.4% for Conflict Management to 98.8% for Religious Knowledge. At the item level, comparatively lower endorsement was observed for openness with a partner regarding past friendships or relationships (75.8%), willingness to acknowledge one's own fault first to help de-escalate conflict (77.3%), and remaining calm and rational when unfairly accused by a partner (80.3%). These findings indicate strong self-reported endorsement of normative and religious principles of marriage, alongside comparatively lower endorsement of several relationally demanding situations. Rather than reflecting a proven skills deficit, this pattern suggests that preventive marriage education may benefit from complementing normative and religious foundations with targeted engagement in relational openness, conflict de-escalation, and emotionally demanding interpersonal situations. The findings support a research-to-practice approach in which locally grounded evidence about when preventive attention may be warranted is paired with evidence about what such preventive education should address.