Randy Thomas believes change is possible, and to prove it, he changes his blog roughly once every six months. His latest blog is Confessions of an Ex-Gay Superstar, and here’s his personal video introduction to the new site: Amid dwindling…
Exodus
Last month, we reported that Willow Creek Community Church, the Chicago evangelical megachurch, had cut ties with ex-gay organization Exodus International. Today, Christianity Today reported the story with reaction from Exodus President Alan Chambers. Predictably, Chambers makes the break all…
Exodus International’s Julie Neils, in 2010: As for those mysterious gay-to-straight “boot camps,” they don’t exist. Ex-gay survivor Kyle Luebke, in 2011: Realizing that [being gay] was not just a “phase” that I was going through, [my parents] decided that more…
Sexual orientation can rarely, if ever, be made to change. Labels can change. Exodus International announces that “change is possible,” but they know that most people hear “sexual orientation change is possible,” while what they really mean is “changing labels…
Christian writer J Lee Grady says that homosexuals can alter their sexual orientation, and points to Exodus President Alan Chambers as evidence of ex-gay change. In a column published online last month, the Charisma magazine contributing editor urged Christians to “learn…
With Jeff Buchanan laterally promoted to VP and former Exodus blogger Randy Thomas out of the organization, there has already been an immediate shift in tone on their website. Three posts have gone up since the personnel-change announcement –…
(Scroll down for 06/24/11 update) Canada’s official party of opposition has voted unanimously to oppose tax-exempt charity status for ex-gay groups such as Exodus Global Alliance. The federal New Democratic Party, better known simply as the NDP, adopted the resolution…
Another major US based ministry has cut ties with Exodus International, the largest organization which claims to help people “leave homosexuality.” An event earlier this year caused us to check the Exodus affiliate listing to see if mega-church Willow Creek…
In May, we learned that Randy Thomas was stepping down as Vice President of Exodus International and taking on a part-time role. Yesterday, he announced he was stepping down altogether from the ex-gay organization. Today, Exodus has announced Jeff Buchanan…
Two months after he announced he was no longer Vice President of Exodus International, Randy Thomas says he is stepping down completely as a staff member at the ex-gay organization. Randy became Exodus’s part-time Director of Digital Media and Development…