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Addiction: The Issue for the Church in the Coming Decade Pleasanton, California - "Addictions at their heart, are God's gifts misused," says Dr. David Eckman of Becoming What God Intended (BWGI) Ministries, "and they are propelling individuals toward inward pain, guilt, and shame that drive the addictive cycle." The latest seminar from BWGI Ministries - Addiction Proofing Your Family and Life - addresses the painful moods that start the addictive cycle and that lead to the many addictions present in our culture. For too long the church has used avoidance and rules to deal with temptation, compulsion and addiction. In contrast, this seminar empowers individuals to manage the inner life, and therefore, manage the gifts of God, such as food, sex and chemicals. The seminar equips family members to become allies in the fight against temptation, compulsion, and addiction. Peninsula
Bible Church in Cupertino, California
recently hosted the seminar. Pastor Brian Morgan, one of the
church's pastors, said, "I expected maybe 25 people to show up,
but when over 500 came I discovered this incredible need waiting to
be exposed. And when the same people returned each Monday
night for five weeks straight, I couldn't have been more grateful.
The teaching was excellent." ...read the entire letter
from Brian Morgan The seminar addresses the strongly tempted individuals who find themselves enslaved to food, sex, drugs or alcohol. "Merely overcoming addiction is not what we want," says Kevin Osborn, the director of seminars at BWGI Ministries, "but overcoming addictions through a rich spiritual life is the goal." The five-session Addiction Proofing seminar strategically helps churches, husbands, wives and parents to be allies in addiction proofing their homes. At the seminar event, BWGI Ministries also provides follow-up with free n-site counseling and supervised small groups with available study materials. Multnomah School of the Bible, Campus Crusade, and many churches have effectively used this seminar to illustrate how the Bible addresses addiction. Many believe that addiction is the major issue for the church in the coming decade and that BWGI Ministries has the effective strategy for addiction-proofing families and individuals. |
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