Teresa Tinsley

Board Treasurer/Education

Teresa serves as our Board Treasurer. Teresa owns and operates a small business in stain glass. Teresa, a mother of two young men and grandmother to her grand-dog Copper. If Teresa isn’t in the glass shop, you will find her busy cooking or canning in the kitchen. Teresa and her husband Gary serve their home church in many capacities. Teresa has a heart for the men of Restored Warriors and seeing them set free of the addictions they have. We are delighted to have Teresa on our team.

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  • 43% of senior pastors and youth pastors say they have struggled with pornography in the past. Barna Group

  • “ Our culture doesn’t just preach sexual immorality, it readily and effectively models it.” Dr. Juli Slattery

  • “We are wounded in relationships, but we heal only in the context of relationships.” – Dr. Ted Roberts

  • Pornography addicts are 300% more likely to cheat on their partner. Dr. Patrick Fagan

  • “Most men living in habitual sin are more afraid of being exposed and what people think, than having the fear of God to prevent them from doing this behavior.” Ken Larkin

  • 57% of teens have sought out porn at least monthly. Barna Group

  • 88% of porn users said they would be willing to seek professional help, but only if it was offered online. University of Sydney

  • “70% of Christian men, struggling with sexual bondage, come from homes where rules override relationship.” Josh McDowell

  • 47% of porn users spend between 30 minutes to 3 hours a day watching pornography. University of Sydney

  • 30% of porn users said their work performance had suffered due to excessive porn use. University of Sydney

  • 68% of Christian men struggle with unwanted sexual behavior. Pure Desire Ministries

  • 71% of teens have done something to hide what they do online from their parents. Tru Research

  • 1 out of 3 women are addicted to pornography and 70% of all men between ages 17-35. A study of over 3000 discovered that 60-70% of men, 50-58% of pastors, and 20-30% of women in evangelical churches are sexually addicted. [1]

  • 1 in 5 youth pastors and 1 in 7 senior pastors use porn on a regular basis and are currently struggling. That’s more than 50,000 U.S. church leaders. Barna Group

  • “We (the church) are simply speaking to the symptoms rather than pulling back and addressing the heart issue at the root of sexual brokenness.”  Mo Isom

  • “It’s clear from Scripture that godly men who are walking with God, do not live in habitual, unrepentant sin.” Ken Larkin

  • “Pornography use is the #1 reason men in church seek counseling.” Josh McDowell

  • Only 7% of pastors report their church has a ministry program for those struggling with porn. Barna Group

  • 25-30% of Christian woman struggle with sexual dependency issues. Pure Desire Ministries

  • 40 million adults regularly visit porn sites. Josh McDowell

  • “Everyone is sexually broken”  Juli Slattery

  • Those who are happily married are 61% less likely to look at porn. General Social Survey

  • 75% of pastors said they DO NOT make themselves accountable to anyone for their internet use. Leadership Journal

  • “It seems so obvious: If we invent a machine, The first thing we are going to do after making a profit is use it to watch porn” Damon Brown

  • 56% of divorces involve the internet use of a partner as a driving factor. Covenant Eyes

  • “Any porn use is associated with declines in religious commitment and behavior and an increase in religious doubts.”  Dr. Samuel Perry

  • 58% of men said they viewed pornography once a week or more. The Journal of Sex Research

  • “Every Christian leader must be equipped to wade into these difficult and painful waters with the compassion and truth of Jesus.” Dr. Juli Slattery

  • A 2016 study on Canadian adolescents showed that 45.3% admitted to problems with erectile dysfunction. Lucia Sullivan

  • Global Porn Revenue: $97 Billion per Year. U.S. Porn Revenue $13 Billion per Year.  Josh McDowell

  • On average, first exposure to pornography among men was 12 years of age. The Journal of Sex Research

  • 91% of men and 60% of women had accessed pornography in the last 30 days. The Journal of Sex Research

  • “Marriage doesn’t change you, It just reveals more of what it finds.”  Rodney Wright

  • 20% of porn users said they prefer the excitement of viewing porn to being sexually intimate with a partner. University of Sydney

  • “If you don’t understand what set up the crash in the first place, you are destined to repeat it” – Dr. Ted Roberts

  • Men are 543% more likely to look at porn than females. General Social Survey

  • 57% of pastors have a current or past struggle with pornography. Josh McDowell

  • 43% started viewing porn between the ages of 11-13. University of Sydney