Session Description
On rare occasions there are those willing to commit a form of spiritual suicide in the Christian subculture. Men and woman who will yell from the rooftops, “Church sucks!” Although they are heard, their voices are quickly dismissed. They are labeled fanatics and troublemakers and are asked not to come back. Christ yelled the same type of thing once. It got him killed. This conversation is on the tip of all sorts of tongues: your fellow churchgoers, your neighbours, your spouse, your kids, your friends. And the most important part of this conversation is what you will say. Come join in the conversation.
Craig Gross and his co-author J.R. Mahon are on a mission to inspire the people to get out of the pews. Too often Christians spend their time praying, talking, and being “spiritual,” but not getting their hands dirty. The book of James says, “Faith without works is dead.” There are too many meetings, too much political posturing, too much condemnation, and too much inaction. This session will challenge you to talk less and do more.
Craig Gross
As a young pastor in Southern California, Craig Gross began to notice a recurring theme along those he cared for – a struggle with pornography. Boldly and courageously, he decided to address the root of the problem, so he went to the porn industry to ask some questions. This passion led him to start XXXchurch.com, a Web site devoted to telling the truth about porn.
Within days of his initial journey to the porn industry, some people in the church began to condemn Craig’s efforts as immoral and ineffective. At the same time, many others affirmed him, opening their hardened and often broken hearts to a relevant and authentic Gospel they hadn’t seen coming from mainstream religion.
The XXXchurch.com Web site mixes the seedy with the sacred in an effort to raise the often taboo subject of pornography as a problem that needs to be dealt with. In the five years since it began, XXXchurch.com has had over 70 million visitors to the site and almost half of a million people using X3watch Accountability Software. Craig has been featured in GQ magazine, Good Morning America, Newsweek, CNN, LA Times, Nightline and The New York Times, and his ministry is the subject of an award winning documentary and a new reality TV documentary.
The Web site offers free accountability software, as well as practical and spiritual solutions to pornography issues. The site also features weekly updates and continuing information about pornography and its wide-reaching effects.
Craig has written five books. His latest book, Starving Jesus, released in the fall of 2007.
Craig lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife Jeanette and their two children Nolan and Elise.
www.XXXchurch.com
On rare occasions there are those willing to commit a form of spiritual suicide in the Christian subculture. Men and woman who will yell from the rooftops, “Church sucks!” Although they are heard, their voices are quickly dismissed. They are labeled fanatics and troublemakers and are asked not to come back. Christ yelled the same type of thing once. It got him killed. This conversation is on the tip of all sorts of tongues: your fellow churchgoers, your neighbours, your spouse, your kids, your friends. And the most important part of this conversation is what you will say. Come join in the conversation.
Craig Gross and his co-author J.R. Mahon are on a mission to inspire the people to get out of the pews. Too often Christians spend their time praying, talking, and being “spiritual,” but not getting their hands dirty. The book of James says, “Faith without works is dead.” There are too many meetings, too much political posturing, too much condemnation, and too much inaction. This session will challenge you to talk less and do more.
Craig Gross
As a young pastor in Southern California, Craig Gross began to notice a recurring theme along those he cared for – a struggle with pornography. Boldly and courageously, he decided to address the root of the problem, so he went to the porn industry to ask some questions. This passion led him to start XXXchurch.com, a Web site devoted to telling the truth about porn.
Within days of his initial journey to the porn industry, some people in the church began to condemn Craig’s efforts as immoral and ineffective. At the same time, many others affirmed him, opening their hardened and often broken hearts to a relevant and authentic Gospel they hadn’t seen coming from mainstream religion.
The XXXchurch.com Web site mixes the seedy with the sacred in an effort to raise the often taboo subject of pornography as a problem that needs to be dealt with. In the five years since it began, XXXchurch.com has had over 70 million visitors to the site and almost half of a million people using X3watch Accountability Software. Craig has been featured in GQ magazine, Good Morning America, Newsweek, CNN, LA Times, Nightline and The New York Times, and his ministry is the subject of an award winning documentary and a new reality TV documentary.
The Web site offers free accountability software, as well as practical and spiritual solutions to pornography issues. The site also features weekly updates and continuing information about pornography and its wide-reaching effects.
Craig has written five books. His latest book, Starving Jesus, released in the fall of 2007.
Craig lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife Jeanette and their two children Nolan and Elise.
www.XXXchurch.com