Resurrection always starts in the dirt.
Our Story
The dirt that tried to cover you is the same dirt God uses to raise you.
Blaine and Lori Bartel didn’t set out to build a place like this. They became it.
Blaine once lived at the top of the ministry world—national television, a thriving youth movement, and a growing church. But underneath was a secret 23-year sexual addiction that eventually cost him nearly everything: marriage, ministry, finances, reputation, and identity.
After more than a year of deep therapy and healing, Blaine heard words that changed the trajectory of his life:
“I am not going to give you a recovery. I am calling you into resurrection.”
He found freedom and began developing a Jesus-centered pathway that has now helped thousands of men move from sexual brokenness toward lasting transformation.
Lori had her own resurrection story, rebuilding her life after 17 years married to a chronic alcoholic. Then God crossed their paths. They met over pasta at Ti Amo—“I love you”—and a year later began building a new life together.
Today, 13 years later, they share one mission: to help men find freedom and rebuild the marriages addiction has shattered.
House of Resurrection grew from the very ground that once tried to bury them—a place where brokenness isn’t the end of the story. It can become the soil where resurrection begins.
Hope for Men. Healing for Marriages. Restoration for Pastors.
House of Resurrection was born from a shared conviction Blaine and Lori couldn’t shake—a vision to create a world-class residential home where men could find real healing from sexual addiction through the power of Christ.
At the core of House of Resurrection is a unique fusion: evidence-based clinical addiction therapy combined with the Resurrection Pathway God revealed to Blaine more than a decade ago.
It’s a Christ-centered model focused not merely on sobriety, but on transformation—rewiring the mind, healing trauma, restoring identity, and walking men out of the grave into new life. With an 80% success rate, this approach has helped countless men break lifelong bondage and reclaim their purpose.
Because of the generosity of our monthly partner team, we’re also able to offer pro bono care to pastors in crisis, one of Blaine’s deepest passions.
Over the past decade, more than 100 pastors have been restored under Blaine’s guidance—leaders who had fallen, burned out, or lost their way, and found new life through the same resurrection process.
House of Resurrection isn’t just a program; it’s a lifeline for leaders, marriages, families, and men who refuse to let darkness write their story.
