In this one-day training, Jay equips pastors and leaders to address sexual brokenness in the church and foster a culture of healing and wholeness.
57% of pastors have faced unwanted sexual behaviors.
1 in 3 marriages will be scarred by infidelity.
2/3 of church-going men struggle with pornography.
Full-Day, Interactive Church Training
Spend a full day learning how to lead your church to freedom from sexual brokenness with biblically sound and trauma-informed strategies. Jay’s in-person training addresses:
- Most pastors only receive one class in seminary on human sexuality. Pastors deserve to be confident and equipped to help others.
- By not addressing human sexuality, churches are allowing secular culture to be the primary sex educator and missing opportunities for discipleship.
- Jay’s training not only addresses unwanted behaviors, but goes further upstream to foster a healthier church culture.
Jay Stringer is a licensed therapist, ordained minister, and author of the award-winning book Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing. His practical, redemptive message has helped churches across the country lead healthier, more honest conversations around sexuality. Churches are seeing real transformation, with individuals and entire congregations experiencing lasting freedom and hope.
Jay Stringer has trained leaders at:
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Sexually Healthy Theology:
- The Image of God
- How Church history has had a troubling and nervous relationship with desire and sexuality
- The role of evil
What Leaders Need to Know:
- How our story shapes the roles we now play
- Transference and Countertransference within pastoral leadership
- Abuse of power vs. emotional affairs
- Trauma-informed pastoring, teaching, and leading
- Trauma
- Sexual Abuse
- Reenactment
- How to preach and teach about abuse, unwanted behaviors, and sexual health
- Policies for Reporting
- Safeguarding your church
- When to refer to licensed therapists
To Equip Adults In Your Congregation:
- The theology and neurobiology of desire
- High and low desire partners
- Key drivers of unwanted behaviors and low desire
- Prioritizing mutual pleasure, No obligation sex, Sexual health educators
To Equip Parents and Educators In Your Congregation:
- Equip Parents to Understand Their Story
- The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of their parent
- What is Attachment Parenting?
- 4 S’s
- Neurobiology of desire
- Proactive Conversations
- Body image, porn, puberty, and sex
- Responsive Conversations
- Responding to cultural and societal dynamics
Q&A with Jay Stringer
*Training can be adapted to the needs of the church or denomination.
Testimonials:
“Through groundbreaking research and a heart for the Gospel, Stringer invites us to the critical task of finding hope and meaning within our sexual lives.”
Christopher West
Author, Theology of the Body for Beginners
“Jay Stringer provides not just a set of tools, but offers a story and vision for those who find themselves in dark places.”
William Struthers Ph.D.
Author, Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain
“Jay Stringer offers empathetic and informed teaching on a subject which has confounded the church. Gracefully, he is showing us a path forward and bringing clarity in an otherwise confusing time.”
Kevin A Thompson
Author of Friends, Partners & Lovers
Pastor of Married Life at Bayside Church
“This book is a weapon for freedom and flourishing in a world bombarded with sexual pain and brokenness.”
Danielle Strickland
Author, The Ultimate Exodus: Finding Freedom from What Enslaves You
“Unwanted is, without rival, the best book on broken sexuality I have ever read.”
Dan B. Allender Ph.D.
Author, The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
In addition to the leaders & staff training, Jay Stringer can lead an all-church conference, workshop, or class the following day with topics like:
Body Talks Conference:
Empowering parents to navigate conversations about bodies, sex, and pornography.
Unwanted Workshop:
Gain a deeper understanding of unwanted behaviors, break free from sexual shame, and discover how to outgrow struggles.
The Sexual Story Workshop:
Helping adults understand desire, explore their story, and reclaim a healthy view of sexuality.
