Paul Wirth and his Relevant Church of Tampa Florida did a similar sermon series a little over a year ago in November of 2006.

also they are from alone when it comes to churches doing this:

Valley Creek Church of Woodbury Minnesota recently did a God Love Sex campaign (based on Song of Solomon book of the bible)

and then there was

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CHARLOTTE SOUTH FELLOWSHIP IN MATHEWS NORTH CAROLINA featured a five week series in February 2007 called “Sex Crazy.”

Two of the messages were “Single and Sexually Satisfied”

and “Raising Sexually Satisfied Kids.”

(can anyone say Kenny Hibbard is a creepy pastor

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In February-March 2007

EASTLAKE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN KIRKLAND WASHINGTON

had a “Thank God for Sex” campaign.

Sermons titlesincluded “Sex is Good” and “Learn Some New Moves.”

Eastlake advertises itself as a new kind of church and invites attendees to wear their shorts.

BTW:

Pastor Ray Meeks of East Lake Community Church is a close friend of

Rick Warren aka the Purpose Driven Life author and peddler

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ROCKY RIVER COMMUNITY CHURCH IN CONCORD NORTH CAROLINA

had a “Desperate Sex Lives” campaign in February-March 2007.

They fretted that “

the only time most churches talk about sex is when they speak against it”

and promised to “bring sex out of the dark and into the light.”

They have “all the cool stuff like multimedia,

a live band, and Krispy Kreme donuts”

and they deal with Bible issues “in a casual, no pressure environment.”

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REVOLUTION CHURCH IN CANTON GEORGIA

also got into the sex campaign business.

To accompany the sermon series they used secular rock, including

“Feel Like Making Love” by Bad Company

and “Your Body is a Wonderland” by John Mayer.

In his message on “Creative Sex” Pastor Gary Lamb said things that cannot be quoted.

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GRANGER COMMUNITY CHURCH IN GRANGER INDIANA

had a “My Lame Sex Life”

campaign featuring billboards with two pair of feet in a very suggestive configuration.

One sermon title was “The Greatest Six You’ll Ever Have.”

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CORNERSTONE CHURCH IN CHANDLER ARIZONA

and its pastor Linn Winters had a “Bringing Sexy Back” campaign in August-September 2007.

One of the sermon titles was “Greatest Sex Ever.”

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THE GATHERING IN SEVIERVILLE TENNESSEE

had a “Red Hot Sex” campaign

in October 2007.

It claimed that a “red hot sex life empowers every part of marriage.”

One sermon title by Pastor Gene Wolfenbarger was “God has designed you for sex and how to make it hot.”

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REVOLUTION CHURCH IN LONGBEACH CALIFORNIA

kicked off their “God Loves Sex” campaign in July 2007 with a “sex party.”

The web site explained, “

Nothing dirty or weird–just an opportunity to celebrate God’s gift of sex and intimacy.”

The advertisement said, “God wants you to have great sex,”

and one of the sermon titles was “Leather, Whips and Whip Cream.”

and another one was called (not joking) Seven Minutes In Heaven

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OAKLEAF CHURCH IN CARTERSVILLE GEORGIA

had a “Your Great Sex Life” campaign in March 2007.

The advertisement complained that “the church either ignores sex or brings down a judgmental hammer.”

http://www.alittleleaven.com/christian_erotica/index.html

Well, hello, Reasonable Atheist! What happened to your Bible study?

I guess they want to look hot for Jesus

That really cracked me up.

Are there any Christians here willing to admit that they do go to church specifically to meet people of the opposite sex?

Of course they do! As we always look for a mate that share in our interests and someone who we can identify with, it would be ideal to go where we would most likely find those types of people.

Personally, though, if I were single (which I’m not), I would try going to an atheist meeting to meet guys. They seem so much more interesting (and open minded) to me now. Although according to NYCatheist, some of them don’t pay much attention to personal hygiene. Oh, well, I guess you can’t have everything!

Are there any Christians here willing to admit that they do go to church specifically to meet people of the opposite sex?

I depends on how relatively new you are. In my experience, what you said is true until the children have a set schedule. Once that happened, the spontaneous has shrunk from doing it on the kitchen table in the middle of the afternoon to doing it in the bedroom between 9PM and 11PM after the children are asleep and before we’re too tired. Perhaps that will change again when the children are older and don’t require as much supervision.

Spontaneity goes out the window as soon as children come into the picture.

Heh, as a relatively new parent, I have to disagree here. Planning goes out the window. Spontaneity is required.

“By 30 days, do they mean every day? Now, that will take an act of God.”

You’re obviously dating the wrong men.

I agree completely. There’s nothing wrong with waiting for the scheduled sex with anticipation. I think it can be rather exciting.

I guess it works for some. Never worked for me – or my husband either, for that matter. It just turned sex into one more item to be crossed off the long “to do” list for the day. Ugh.

LOL! I remember hearing something like “theres three of you in the bed” and thinking eyew! Thats a creepy thought.

Well, Jesus was supposed to be the center of a Christian marriage, so I guess he was right there smack in the middle of the bed, too. Not exactly an invitation to uninhibited behavior, huh?!

. If couples are not having sex there is probably a very strong reason other than just ordinary lack of time.

yup, I agree with you there. And saying “just do it” for 30 days probably isn’t going to help. Sex when you don’t want it sucks.

Karen said:

When Jesus is watching your every thought and you’re challenged to become “holy” like him, and even lustful thoughts are sinful – sex ain’t all that, no matter how frequent.

LOL! I remember hearing something like “theres three of you in the bed” and thinking eyew! Thats a creepy thought.