Freedom from Sexual Addiction

Accountability

We hold small group accountability meetings, we check in our successes and failures and get feedback from other men.

bi-weekly

Education

We use the Faithful & True workbook to educate us about the addiction cycle. We also use the Serenity Bible for devotions and 12-Step knowledge.

bi-weekly

12-Step Study Groups

We use the NA Step Study Guide to study the 12-Steps. We strongly encourage members to get a sponsor and actively work the steps.

Weekly

In the year 2000, our founder, Phill Drake, and the then-head pastor of Southeast Christian Church, Bob Russell, met to discuss creating a new group aimed at helping men address sexual addiction.  That group was named ARC- Addicts Redeemed by Christ.  Phill quickly enlisted a few other men to assist him in facilitating their Saturday morning meetings at Southeast. By 2006, we initiated a second meeting on Thursday nights, which, although utilizing the same materials, took on the gentler name “Men’s Healthy Sexuality. ” As the years progressed, a Tuesday night group also emerged. Like many organizations, when the COVID shutdowns occurred, ARC struggled to remain operational. We shifted to Zoom meetings to allow our members to continue connecting on the same days and nights as we had in our classrooms. Once the COVID shutdowns ended, we returned to our classroom meetings while also maintaining a couple of the Zoom sessions to accommodate the new members we had gained from other states and even other countries.

In January 2022, ARC rebranded as CROSS- Christians Redeemed of Sexual Sin.  We now have approximately 600 members and 12 weekly meetings (3 via Zoom and 9 in classrooms).  While we are still based in Louisville, KY, we also hold classroom meetings in Elizabethtown, KY, LaGrange, KY, Corydon, IN, and New Albany, IN. We currently have two dozen volunteer facilitators who have gone through the program and stayed to mentor others, as iron sharpens iron.    

CROSS Goes to Prison!

Dale Colyer has been with CROSS since January 2007 and has been involved in prison ministry since 2009. He has spent many hours ministering to Kentucky inmates in multiple prisons. Over the years, while sharing his testimony at these institutions, inmates often asked Dale if it would be possible to start a CROSS group there. After some finagling, Dale and three other facilitators started the first-ever “CROSS behind walls” group at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange, Kentucky, in February 2025. A large majority of the inmate population there have committed sex crimes and are in desperate need of recovery work. Dale, Rick, and Wayne meet with the inmates every Tuesday night, and the men are extremely appreciative to have their own CROSS meeting.