THE RETURN of the Imago Dei: Practical Training to Create a New Sexual Revolution

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Event Description

The sexual revolution of the 60s and today’s LGBTQ revolution has captivated the culture and challenged us all. Promising liberty and fulfillment, these two revolutions have instead brought us: an 800% increase in out-of-wedlock births, a 250% increase in single-parent families, a 400% increase in teen suicide, the rise of a $100 billion pornography industry that accounts for as much as 30% of web traffic, and countless other social and moral ills.

Meanwhile, in the heavenly realm, God is crying out to His Church to Create a New Sexual Revolution, one aligned with His design for our sexuality and the only one that will actually bring us the liberty and fulfillment that we all seek. What’s at stake is our very identity, our Imago Dei (mankind being made in the Image of God). Our sex and gender are gifts from God that strike to the very core of what it means to be human.

It’s time for the Church to draw a line in the sand, to stand for truth, to minister to one another as we seek to walk in holiness, to set the captives free, to heal the brokenhearted, and to love as Jesus loved. It’s time. . .. . to Create a New Sexual Revolution.

This event will equip and unite the local church to Create a New Sexual Revolution. Key topics include:

  • Sexual Theology: The Beauty of God’s Design for our Sex & Gender
  • Discipling our Children in an Oversexualized, Gender-confused World
  • How and When to Talk to your Kids about Sex
  • Be Holy, for He is Holy
  • Making All Things New: The Return of the Imago Dei
  • Demonstrating Truth in Love: A Christian Reponse to LGBTQ Ideology and People
  • Special Message to the Youth

*Sessions will include time for prayer, worship, small group discussion, application exercises, and Q&A.

Event Schedule

  • Saturday, April 13,2024
    • 9:30-10:00: Event Check-in
    • 10:00-10:30 Event kickoff and worship
    • 10:30-12:00 Session 1: Sexual Theology: The Beauty of God’s Design for our Sex & Gender
    • 12-1: Lunch (provided)
    • 1-2:30: Session 2: Discipling our Children in an Oversexualized, Gender-confused World
    • 2:30-3:00:  Small group application exercise: How and When to Talk to your Kids about Sex
    • 3:00-3:30: Break
    • 3:30-5:00 Session 3: Be Holy, for He is Holy
    • 5:00-5:30 Q&A and Dismissal
  • Sunday, April 14, 2024
    • Sunday sermon: Making All Things New: The Return of the Imago Dei
    • 11:00-11:30: ministry and fellowship
    • 11:30-12:30 Food is served
    • 1:00-1:15 Worship
    • 1:15-3:00 Session 4: Demonstrating Truth in Love: A Christian Response to LGBTQ Ideology and People
    • 6:30 Youth Service: Message to youth students 8th grade and up.
Pastor Ed Schutte is the Founder and President of Before It Begins, a 501(c)3 non-profit ministry that protects and promotes biblical sexuality and gender in our churches, families, and communities. Since 2019, Before It Begins has helped save over 100 pastors from sexual temptation and sin and rescue over 500 children from oversexualization and gender confusion. Ed is a Credentialed Minister of the Missionary Church and former Executive Pastor of Embrace Church in Oxnard, CA. Together, Ed and his wife (Vera) have four children: William (18 yrs old), Leora (13 yrs old), Hannah (3 yrs old), and Eddie (1 yr old).