Men

Articles and Information on Men's Recovery

www.pureintimacy.org This site is from Focus on the Family and is about Recovering the Heart of Sexuality. This is a resource for information about intimacy, sexual addictions, and the theology of sexuality. Topics include; ministry leaders in addiction, parents, couples and homosexuality.

www.focusonthefamily.com Life Challenges/Love and Sex: How pornography affects marriage, Starting over after failure in purity, Challenges of dating later in life, Being pure and single, and many other topics.

www.purelifeministries.org
Many articles, interviews and commentaries in the FREE RESOURCES page and Questions link from the home page.

www.exodusinternational.org Largest information and referral ministry for unwanted same sex attraction issues on the globe. Information, articlies, stories, calendar of conferences and more.

www.purityreport.com Christ-centered online community with hope for the sexually broken. Includes articles, studies, resources, links and testimonies.

Speakers on Men's Recovery

Dr. Dan Allendar

Author of too many books to mention and president of the Mars Hill Graduate School. Dan has the ability to connect to the deepest parts of the heart and speaks to sexual brokenness in ways that a more clinical approach cannot.

Contact information at: www.thepathlesschosen.com

Joe Dallas

Author of The Game Plan. A frequent speaker at numerous purity events including Promise Keepers and Men of Valor. Joe also speaks in the video recovery series found at X3Pure.com.

Contact information at: www.joedallas.com

Dr. Mark Laaser

Therapist and Author of Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Mark frequetly speaks on purity issues, especially as they relate to marriage restoration. He also speaks on diagnosis and treatment of sexual addiction at events for equipping pastors and church leaders for ministry in purity.

Contact information at www.faithfulandtrueministries.com

Michael Leahy

Michael tours the nation speaking on pornography addiction. His three most popular topcis are, Porn Nation - a multi-media college lecture challenging our hyper-sexual culture, The Great Porn Debate - Michael debates porn actor Ron Jeremy on the ethics of pornography, and Exposed - Michael shares his redemptive story.

Contact information at: www.bravehearts.net

Steve Gallagher

Author of At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry and Founder of Pure Life Ministries, Steve Gallagher has a speaking ministry with the goal of leading Christians to victory over sexual sin and into a deeper life in God.

Contact information at: www.purelifeministries.org

Craig Gross

Founder of XXXCurch.com and author of The Dirty Little Secret, Starving Jesus, The Gutter, and Questions You Can't Ask Your Mama. Craig and several others from the XXXChurch Speaking Team speak around the nation on pornography addiction and recovery.

Contact information at: www.xxxchurch.com

Dr. Harry Schaumburg

Therapist and Author of False Intimacy and Undefiled. Much of Dr. Schaumburg's work focuses on marriage restoration. His approach to sex addiction recovery focuses strongly on relational issues and our relationship to God.

Contact information at: www.stonegateresources.org

Dr. Ted Roberts

Author of Pure Desire and founder of Pure Desire Ministries. Ted has two presentations on purity, Sexy Christians - on Christ's design for sexuality and Pure Desire Men's Conference. Ted also leads the advanced training in sex addiction recovery through Pure Desire University conferences.

Contact information at: www.puredesire.org

Sy Rogers

Sy is unparalleled in his ability to clarify how sexual brokenness occurs and what healing requires. He is a teacher more than a speaker and his message touches everyone in the room. Every Christian should hear this man at least once.

Contact information at: www.syrogers.com

Packaged Programs for Men

www.desertstream.org Equiping the body of Christ to minister healing to the sexually and relationally broken, through healing groups and leadership training for the local church. Desert Stream provides anual training events to equip leaders.

Programs include:

Living Waters - Healing from sexual and relational brokenness including past sexual abuse, unwanted same sex attractions, self-hatred, and inability to love others. 25 week course.
CrossCurrent - Introduction group exploring God's perspective on sexuality and relationships. Open 8 week course, often repeated throughout the year at sponsoring churches.
Salt - 20 week class for men struggling with sexual addiction.

www.freedombeginshere.org DVD and workbook sets for individual or group work. Focus is on recovery for men struggling with sexual and pornography addiction.

Core resources:

Personal Tool Kit
Devotional Journal

www.sexaddict.com Freedom Groups are Christ based support groups for people wanting freedom from being sexually driven.

Core resources are:

The Final Freedom
101 Practical Exercises: A Guide for Sex Addiction Recovery
Steps to Freedom: Christian 12-Step Guide for Sex Addiction Recovery

www.freedomeveryday.org L.I.F.E. Ministries International offers Christ-centered support group ministries whose mission is to encourage, empower, and equip God's people to live everyday in sexual integrity. L.I.F.E. provides consistently-revised workbook resources, educational multimedia presentations, and support group structure to local churches across the globe. L.I.F.E. offers training for support group leaders as well.

Workbooks:

L.I.F.E. Guide for Men
L.I.F.E. Guide for Young Men

www.puredesire.org Pure Desire offers the materials, training and consulting to start sex addiction recovery groups in your church.

Core resources are:

Pure Desire
The Genesis Process
True Faced

Blogs and Forums for Men

BLOGS

www.bebroken.com Blogs on sexual addiction from a variety of authors. If you are a writer, you can sign up to post your purity-related blogs here.

www.covenanteyes.com Execellent covereage of all kinds of purity issues from a variety of authors. Very up to date and relevant.

www.xxxchurch.com Purity blogs covering many issues. Very up to date.

FORUMS

www.focusonlinecommunities.com Men The men's section of Focus on the Family's online community. Much of the discussion is about difficult issues related to the struggle for sexual purity. In addition, this is the ONLY forum we have found with disscussion between men whose wives have sexually betrayed them.

www.purityreport.com Well monitored and healthy forums for men in the area of recovery from sexual and pornography addiction.

Teleconference and Online Programs for Men

www.healingforthesoul.org Telephone-based recovery groups so you can find community no matter where you live. Confidential, convenient and effective. All groups are led by professional therapists and coaches with years of experience in the arena of sexual addiction and recovery.

www.reachtruth.com Online mentoring program for men or women who struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions. Two options available: 1 - enlist your own mentor and use program to guide recovery (advice on finding a mentor on site). 2 - request a mentor from Reach Truth. Second option includes a fee for mentoring service.

www.settingcaptivesfree.com Way of Hope in an online course for sex addiction recovery. It is offered in many languages. 60 day online course, with a live accountability partner that checks up on you, is free. More tools available for fee.

www.x3pure.com The X3Pure Men's Edition Workshop is an online workshop that helps a Christian man begin the recovery process. It provides a plan of attack, a roadmap for recovery for you. Separate programs for married and unmarried men.