Those of you who are pastors are spiritual paramedics on the frontlines of life. As a regular part of your job, you must respond to virtually every kind of human pain and brokenness, from marital discord to child abuse to domestic violence. This Guide is designed to help you deal with one of those forms of brokenness. Its objective is to give you quick access to basic information. The Guide will help you understand a bit about the problem of sexual addiction, will suggest a number of pastoral counseling strategies, and will give you an extensive list of additional resources and referrals to help those you may counsel.
Sexual addiction is no longer just a problem in American society.
It is also a problem in the church, and the problem is growing. Surveys indicate that between 20 and 25 percent of Christian men have had an extramarital affair, and that between half and two-thirds of Christian men have had recent involvement with pornography. Sexual addiction is tearing apart Christian families and hammering the integrity of the church. Many of these men have found freedom from secret lives that had enslaved them for years, even decades. In January of 2000, that ministry formalized as Prodigals International, with the goal of helping equip local churches to effectively minister to sex addicts and their families.