Church That Matters to host Porn and Pizza event
/Church That Matters will host an event called Porn and Pizza on Sunday, October 13 at 6 p.m. at 3 W 41st Street in Sand Springs to bring to light and start an open conversation about pornography and its effects on men, families, children, and our community.
The event will include Andolinis Pizza and some straight talk porn and the issues surrounding porn, from someone who gets it: speaker – Blaine Bartel, author of Death By A Thousand Lies and former pastor at Church On The Move in Tulsa. The event is open to men and boys in junior high and up.
Tickets will be required for the event and space is very limited. Tickets are on sale now online at churchthatmatters.com/pornandpizza or at Church That Matters’ Worship Encounters at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Tickets are $5 and include pizza and a drink.
Just a few facts about pornography in our culture:
Seventy percent of men ages 18 to 34 view porn at least once per month.
There are 420 million pornographic pages online.
Every second over $3,000 is spent on internet pornography.
Every second over 28,000 people are viewing internet porn.
Porn revenues are greater than the combined revenues of all professional football, baseball, and basketball franchises.
Oklahoma ranks 5th in the nation for online pornography subscriptions.
Rusty Gunn, Lead Pastor of Church That Matters, says “This MATTERS! Addiction to pornography is destroying marriages, threatening jobs, and damaging lives and we want to do something about it. What begins as an “innocent look” and a moment of pleasure leads many men to a path of destruction they cannot get off of. Pornography rapes the mind and robs men and women of the sexual intimacy and pleasure they are intended to get from their spouse. More than half of divorces today name online pornography as a primary reason for the marriage break-up.”
“No one is immune to the temptation of pornography. Many addictions to pornography begin by accidentally going to a porn site by misspelling a website domain or by clicking on something inadvertently that leads to a porn site.
Seven out of ten men are looking at porn and no one wants to talk about it. Most men feel extreme guilt and shame because of it. Most men want to stop but can’t. It’s time to get it out in the open. It’s time for a change.”
During the event, key Note Speaker, Blaine Bartel will share his story of losing his ministry, marriage, and almost losing his life due to his addiction to pornography.
The event will offer hope to those who are ensnared by pornography and some tools to win the daily battle. For those who are not currently struggling in this area, tools to stay free from the traps of pornography will be given as well as ideas on helping friends who are in slavery to an addiction to porn.
Gunn says “Porn and Pizza will be a fun event that every man will be able to relate to and then will have some hard hitting truth that will challenge and inspire every man to win the battle we all face. We promise we won’t make you sing and there will be no holding hands! And to top it off, you get to tell people you went to Porn and Pizza. What more needs to be said?”
He adds “Wives need to encourage, maybe even require their husbands to attend this event and not be offended if they do. Dad’s need to bring their teenage sons (Jr. high and older) and get the conversation started before it is too late.”
For more information on the Porn and Pizza event being hosted by Church That Matters, contact Church That Matters at 918-512-1486 or see churchthatmatters.com
