377 - Launching Pure Desire Group: A Church Success Story

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Nick and Rodney sit down with Pastor Ryan Oletzke of True Hope Church in Spokane, Washington to discuss how to start Pure Desire groups in your church, break shame, and build a culture of honesty. Ryan shares how his church addressed sexual brokenness by launching Pure Desire Groups, starting with over 200 people participating in Sexual Integrity 101. He offers practical insights on building a culture of vulnerability, lowering shame, and leading a church to find healing and freedom. This episode is a must-listen for pastors and church leaders looking to make a real impact in their communities by addressing sexual health and recovery.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello there, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to the Pure Desire podcast, your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal and breaking free from compulsive sexual behaviors.
0:17.5	Today is episode 377, and here joining me is a guest co-host, Mr. Rodney Wright, a part of our advancement and donations team. Rodney, welcome back to the podcast. Good to see you. Thank you, Nick. It's great to be with you today. I'm very excited about this podcast today. I love it when pastors get engaged to help their congregations. And this is a great story,
0:40.2	and I think everyone's going to really enjoy meeting Ryan Oletsky. Yeah, I love when you're on, Rodney.
0:45.3	I feel like we're always playing a little game of where in the world is Rodney Wright? Where in the
0:49.7	world is Carmen San Diego? So you've joined us from Cordillane, Mexico, various places in between where
0:56.4	you are today. Down by Temecula, California, beautiful country down here. I had a lot of family
1:02.2	reunions down here. Lake Elsinor. I got a cousin's wedding tonight, and I'm excited to be down
1:09.2	here to be part of it. uh yeah love what's happening here
1:13.8	and I don't wherever the world I am I'll always be a part of these because it's exciting to get
1:18.1	voices to share yeah well a shout out to all of our California friends listening to the podcast
1:23.3	today you can have a kindred spirit with Rodney as he he mentions, places you probably know of, and I don't.
1:29.9	Right. Right. As Rodney mentioned, today, our guest is a pastor in Spokane, Washington. His church is called
1:35.9	True Hope, and his name is Ryan Aletsky. He moved to Spokane 10 years ago to plant the church,
1:41.5	and he and his team have seen that church flourish to now over
1:44.4	1,200 people in attendance.
1:46.7	Last year, they saw the need to address sexual wholeness in their church and connected
1:51.7	with Rodney and Tracy Wright to do our parent training, how to talk with your kids about sex.
1:57.6	That event became a real snowball for the church that has now led to over 200 people going
2:03.8	through the Sexual Integrity 101 course, and they have five groups actively meeting in the church
2:09.4	around Pure Desire group resources. So how did that happen? Well, that's what we're here to talk
2:14.4	about today. Rodney, what do you think people will get out of
2:17.5	today's episode? Well, I think it's really encouraging. I think you're going to want to share this
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