More than your average church retreat, this intensive weekend uses Teaching, Processing & Encountering God to break the shameful power of your backstory and establish you in your righteous identity in Christ. You’ll receive several months of discipleship-counseling in one weekend. Please note that the retreat starts early on Friday morning at 8:30am. You will need to be free of all work and family obligations for all day Friday and Saturday. The goal of the weekend is three-fold:

Identity Recovered – understanding our shame-based identity and how it developed, and learning our new identity in Christ.
Freedom Restored – out of our bondage to lies (from wounds, judgments and unforgiveness) and into the freedom that Christ bought for us
Intimacy Renewed – out of hiding and false intimacies that never satisfy, and into a genuine closeness with God (Read more detail below . . .)

Women's Retreat Dates

2026 DATES

New Dates for the fall of 2025 have been suspended.

Check back in 2026.

All retreats will be at New Life Church

365 Staring Ln

Baton Rouge

Other dates will appear as they are set

Men's Retreat Dates

2025 Dates

NOVEMBER

14-15

The 2-day revamped and redesigned retreat is happening for the first time.

All retreats will be in the “Library” at

New Life Church

365 Staring Ln

Baton Rouge

Other dates will appear as they are set.

Pure Heart Weekend begins on a Friday morning and ends late Saturday afternoon..

Friday: Get Out of Your Sunday-School Head and Re-introduce yourself to your heart. Learn what is almost never taught about Soul-Spirit distinctions. Powerful, thought-provoking teaching and discovery.

Friday Afternoon: Reconnect with Your Story
Let the Holy Spirit remind you of your backstory, and the broken places where your story got derailed. You will be able to identify the Lies you have bought over a life-time of conflicts, frustrations —even abuse. You will pinpoint the associated emotions and behavior patterns.

Friday is a powerful day of self-discovery with the Holy Spirit. We have three powerful Bible passages to study. You will discern the enemy’s plan to destroy your intimacy with God, while at the same time it will become obvious what the Lord wants to do in your heart to restore your peace and joy.

Saturday Morning: We start the morning with our powerful Bible Study on our Authority for reigning in life. We will examine God’s process for transformation.

Saturday’s Major Work is to introduce every one, individually, to the process of Healing Prayer, the way God comforts and heals hurtful memories, and the way He downloads new truths to establish you in the Love of Christ. It is a day of prayer, dialogue, confession, forgiveness, and renouncing strongholds; a day of hearing a new, fresh word from the Lord Himself, directly to your heart

Saturday Afternoon: We will study our fourth powerful passage about our new Identity in Christ. We will give you tools to help you continue to walk out your healing and transformation. We have an exercise to teach you how to stand in spiritual warfare, to stand in your new freedom.

Pure Heart Weekend is currently offered in formats for Men Only and Women Only. However, it could also be an powerful weekend for a Leadership Board (Board of Elders, Deacons, Ministry Leaders) or church staff. It is a unique opportunity to strengthen your understanding of each other’s stories, and to deepen your love and appreciation for one another. Doing this Weekend together would unite your hearts for greater ministry as a team.

Pure Heart Weekend