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An Older, Wiser Ex-Gay Movement

The 30-year-old ministry now offers realistic hope for homosexuals.

Tim Stafford | posted 9/13/2007 02:19PM

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This article appears with "The Best Research Yet" in our October issue.

Ex-Gays?: A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation is available from ChristianBook.com and other retailers.

InterVarsity Press held a press conference on the book today in Nashville.

Previous articles on ex-gays and reversing homosexuality are available in our special section.

Mark Yarhouse is professor of psychology and director of the Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity (www.sexualidentityinstitute.org) at Regent University

Stanton Jones's articles and reviews for Christianity Today include:

Homosexual Healing | Review of Coming Out Of Homosexuality (August 15, 1994)

The Incredibly Shrinking Gay Gene | By Stanton L. Jones, provost at Wheaton College, and Mark A. Yarhouse, assistant professor of psychology at Regent University. (October 4, 1999)

The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality published an interview with the authors about their previous work.

PATH (Positive Alternatives to Homosexuality) lists studies on reparative therapy and links to organizations, such as Exodus International, that work with people who have unwanted same-sex attractions.

ChristianBibleStudies.com has a Bible study on "Homosexuality and Gods Household."

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Wendy Mutchler

Posted: September 27, 2007 11:37 AM

I was encoraged by this article. Encouraged by leaders of organizations that don't give out quick answers, stay steady through the years, and continue to give out a message that some are hungry for. I attended a Love Won out conference two years ago. I was struck by the love and humility of the presenters. I was also blown away by the hatred of many who came out to protest the very presence of such a conference in their city. I still struggle to understand why there is such hatred towards organizations that offer hope to those looking for a way out. I wish there was a quick fix. It strikes me as truth that it is a life long journey. I have seen the same with people coming out of addictions and dealing with accepting mental health disorders. I have known the same dealing with my own "humanity". Keep on getting this message out.

everett l williams

Posted: September 25, 2007 9:22 PM

What is really bad about being Gay.The Bible's condemnation was because Israel needed men and population and being gay did not help solving that problem. In our time the world is suffering from overpopulation mankind is about todestroy our planet. So being gay helps. I wrote about this over ten The outcast If I were a man or a woman gay(and definitely I'm not} I'd write a poem and say I don't know why I am this way, but some say a little gene went astray, All I know is I'm not normal, according to people exactly formal, To them I'm a freak,, a fag, a queer acceptable only when I'm not near But Ive got two arms, two legs, a mind, and I look like all mankind Do you suppose I could be so bold to claim God gave me a soul You say God did make, do you suppose for a moment his hand did shake And one of ten in all the firmament, to nine of ten a different? With a man's body and a woman's mind, is it possible peace to find? Here am I living in sin you say, bu

Michael

Posted: September 25, 2007 8:30 PM

I find it upsetting that gay activist movements have so many people so bluffed. Regular people who sin in that way are conned into believing it is inevitable. Considering the strength of some sex drives it is not surprising that victims swallow that. In laboratory settings men have even been quickly trained to be sexually aroused by a high heel squeezing toothpaste. How much more 'training' have homosexuals had after years of promiscuity? I am a married man who became a Christian as an adult after leading a life similar to homosexuals but heterosexual. My addiction continues but with God's grace I have not fallen. Addictions are always challenging. Satan keeps trying. The only help for homosexuals is in Christian groups. Thus years of homosexual 'training' is not replaced with gradual heterosexual training. Obviously that approach can't be used in the context. Homosexuals with a secular mindset have no secular solution. However nothing is too hard for God if you accept His grace.

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