Identity Breakdown

How Transgenderism Affects America’s youth

What’s the church’s role in helping GenZ navigate its identity in today’s disorienting culture? The desire to answer the question, “Who am I?” resonates with today’s rising generation. The culture pulls them in a direction that doesn’t align with scripture. To equip young students with a lifelong faith, we must help them think differently about how their Creator defines them. Dr. Andrew T. Walker, Dr. Kathy Koch, and Jason Jimenez will be our expert guides during this 3-hour event.

Event Schedule: Helping You Engage with Clarity

Dr. Andrew T. Walker | A Long Journey to Nowhere: How Transgender Ideology became Plausible

In this talk, Dr. Walker will look at the historical, philosophical, ideological, and cultural streams that have led us to the transgender moment. In his talk, listeners will gain an understanding of the subtle ways in which cultural forces work to produce new systems of thought that previous generations would not have understood. The goal of this talk is for Christian leaders to become more attuned to the underlying ethical shifts that forge new paradigms that challenge a Christian way of interpreting reality.

Dr. Kathy Koch | It’s Not Just About Identity: Securing Gender for a Broken Generation

Too many young people believe gender identity can easily change. We culturally have said it’s possible, and even acceptable. Yet, we know theologically that everyone is created in a specific way by an intentional Creator. Learn what we need to believe and what we can do to help secure people’s gender. We don’t need to just be sad, concerned, or angry. We can be proactive!

Jason Jimenez | Strange New Conversations: How to Talk to Your Students About Transgenderism

Whether struggling with their gender identity or receiving an overload of gender-confusing messages on social media, this generation is searching for answers. In this talk, you will learn how to voice concerns to your kids and students about transgenderism, bring clarity to some of the confusion, and gain valuable tactics when discussing the dangerous ideology of the transgender movement.

Jason Jimenez, Dr. Kathy Koch, and Erin Kunkle | Panel Discussion

The speakers will be answering questions from both those attending live online and questions submitted through registration.

Dr. Kathy Koch | What? So What? Now What?
Because you attended, you will be equipped with wisdom and new understandings. You will have new ideas that will result in new feelings and important reactions. Now, what difference can you make and what will you do? Let’s end with an optimistic look at your future!

Discussion and Reflection Questions

The questions below are designed to help you get the most out of this event. If you are watching with a few people, discuss the questions together. If you are watching alone, reflect and think about the questions. Or gather some friends or co-workers and watch this event as a group.

Dr. Andrew T. Walker

Where have you seen the idea of expressive individualism pop up in your own context?
How would you differentiate sex from gender? Should they be differentiated?

Dr. Kathy Koch

What are some beliefs you cling to about God and yourself related to security or identity? Have you successfully convinced others that they can believe the same things? What worked? Or what might work?
What is a major identity lie young people believe? What’s the truth they need to believe instead? Knowing that going from their lie to your truth usually isn’t easy, what are some prerequisite beliefs they need to believe before this bigger lie can be reversed by truth? Think about what beliefs lead to bigger beliefs. For instance, before young women can believe they were created on purpose, could they believe that their brothers, sisters, or best friends were? Then could they believe it for themselves?

Jason Jimenez

Where in the Bible would you go to talk to kids or students about transgenderism?
How would you go about talking to someone struggling with gender dysphoria?
Do you feel it’s okay to refer to a trans person by their preferred pronouns even though you don’t affirm or approve of their sexual stance?

Final Session

What have you learned from this Basecamp that you want to remember and apply to your life?
What are your 3 biggest takeaways from this event? How are you going to implement those in your life and with your students?

Survey (Win free books!)

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Suggested Resources

The Strong Women Podcast (Hosted by Erin Kunkle and Sarah Stonestreet)

Exposing the Gender Lie (Summit ebook on the transgender movement)

SUGGESTED BY ANDREW T. WALKER

God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say about Gender Identity (Andrew T. Walker)
The Genesis of Gender (Abigail Favale)
Gender Ideology: What Do Christians Need to Know? (Sharon James)
Christians Volunteering Pronouns? (Andrew T. Walker)

SUGGESTED BY DR. KATHY KOCH

Defined: Who God Says You Are (Stephen and Alex Kendrick)
Start with the Hears: How to Motivate Your Kids to be Compassionate, Responsible, and Brave (Dr. Kathy Koch)
Screens and Teens: Connecting with Our Kids in a wireless World (Dr. Kathy Koch)
Five to Thrive: How to Determine if your Core Needs Are Being Met (Dr. Kathy Koch)
You are Free: Be Who You Already Are (Rebekah Lyons)
The Power of Showing Up: How Parental Presence Shapes Who Our Kids Become and How Their Brains Get Wired (Daniel J. Siegel)

SUGGESTED BY JASON JIMENEZ

Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture (Mark Yarhouse)
Affirming God’s Image (J. Alan Branch)
What God Has to Say about Our Bodies (Sam Allberry)
Talking Points: Transgender (Vaughan Roberts)
Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say (Preston Sprinkle)

SEXUALITY & THE TRANSGENDER MOVEMENT

Irreversible Damage (Abigail Shrier)
The Strange New World (Carl R. Trueman)
When Harry Became Sally (Ryan Anderson)
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction (Caleb Kaltenbach)
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions About Life and Sexuality (Nancy Pearcey)
Loving my (LGBT) Neighbor: Being Friends in Grace and Truth (Glenn T. Stanton)
Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope (Christopher Yuan)
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story (Christopher Yuan)
Summit’s resources on sexuality
What is a Woman? (Documentary by Matt Walsh)

PODCASTS

The Dr. Jeff Show Ep. 91: holy sexuality–chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage (Christopher Yuan)
The Dr. Jeff Show Ep. 92: medical scandal of transgenderism (Brandon Showalter)
Homosexuality, Singleness, & Marriage with Christopher Yuan

ARTICLES

VIDEOS

What Does God Think About Gender? (John Stonestreet)
Is the Bible Restrictive? (Alan Shlemon)
What is the Biblical View of Sex? (John Stonestreet)
What’s wrong with loving the sinner, hating the sin?
How Can the Church Address Sexuality without Being Divisive?
What is the Role of Sex and Marriage in Society?
Has the Church Engaged Well on the Topic of Homosexuality?

THE CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW

Is Your Worldview Biblical? (Lecture)
What is a Worldview? (Video)
Mere Christianity (C. S. Lewis)
The Story of Reality (Greg Koukl)
Understanding the Times: A Survey of Competing Worldview (Dr. Jeff Myers)
Truth Changes Everything (Dr. Jeff Myers)

ENGAGING IN GOOD CONVERSATIONS

Tactics (Greg Koukl)
Challenging Conversations (Jason Jimenez)

Event Speakers

Andrew T. Walker, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an Associate Dean in the School of Theology and the Executive Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement at Southern Seminary. He is a Fellow in Christian Political Thought at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and serves as the Managing Editor of WORLD Opinions.

Jason Jimenez is the founder and president of STAND STRONG Ministries, a non-profit organization specializing in equipping churches, Christian leaders, and parents with a biblical worldview. He is a pastor, apologist, and is the best-selling author of Challenging Conversations, Abandoned Faith, and The Bible’s Answers to 100 of Life’s Biggest Questions. Jason travels and speaks in churches and at conferences all over the United States. He and his wife, Celia, have four children and live in Charlotte, NC.

Dr. Kathy Koch (“cook”) is the Founder of Celebrate Kids and an associate co-founder of Ignite the Family. She has influenced thousands of parents, teachers, and children in over 25 countries through keynote messages, seminars, chapels, and other events. She speaks at conventions, schools, churches, and pregnancy resource centers, and regularly speaks for Care Net, Summit Ministries, the Colson Center, and Teach Them Diligently. Dr. Kathy is also a popular guest on Focus on the Family radio and other radio talk shows and podcasts. Her podcast, Celebrate Kids with Dr. Kathy, is among the most popular parenting podcasts.

Erin Kunkle (Summit Basecamp MC) is the co-founder of MAVEN (www.maventruth.com). She is a speaker and co-host of the MAVEN parent podcast. She has spoken to parents, mom’s groups, homeschooling groups, and at women’s retreats. In addition, Erin runs the entire Kunkle household as a master chef, nurse, referee, counselor, and laundry connoisseur. She’s also a veteran homeschooling mom of 12 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in sociology/political science from Biola University. Erin lives with her husband and their five kids in Southern California.

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