As you may have read recently, much concern has been displayed for the apparent lack of standards under which Exodus youth member ministries operate. Peterson Toscano has led the push to give Alan Chambers, president of Exodus, the opportunity to…
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In December 2006, Ex-Gay Watch asked some questions about the lack of protections for youth in ex-gay programs. Alan Chambers, the President of Exodus International, responded in the comments section. He claimed that pro-gay groups do have problems but that…
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Note: In fairness to Exodus, I have changed my references to “abuse” to “misconduct.” Peterson Toscano, a survivor of the ex-gay live-in ministry Love In Action, announced today that Exodus International president Alan Chambers has failed to act publicly to…
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For What Purpose Exodus
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Focus on the Family gave a loving interview with Alan Chambers relating to his book God’s Grace and the Homosexual Next Door. We’ve discussed the book before here, and I don’t wish to linger there. But in the question and…
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Mike Ensley On Gender Fluidity
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Mike Ensley is in his mid-twenties, and is listed as the assistant for the Exodus International’s Exodus Youth department. Ensley, like many working for Exodus International, has a habit of writing or talking about things which are outside of his…
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Love In Action / Refuge’s Predecessors
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Reason Magazine, a periodical with a strongly libertarian bent, has an article by Maia Szalavitz that discusses the forebears of ex-gay live-in program Love In Action/Refuge. The focus of the article is on teenage drug rehabilitation programs but some of…
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What makes one an expert in a subject? Often it’s credentials, such as degrees or certificates. Often it’s position, such as being the executive in charge of a university department, or a non-profit or business that works in a particular…
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The latest edition of the Exodus newsletter Impact reports that Executive Vice President Mike Goeke has resigned and plans to immediately move his family back to Texas, reportedly to start a new ministry there. This move is nothing against Exodus…
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Exodus European Member Ministries Secede
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Ex-Gay Watch reader Noa from Sweden (of “Alex and Noa” as mentioned on Peterson Toscano’s weblog) sent us this news from the website of Swedish ex-gay ministry Medvandrarna: [translation by Noa]Exodus EuropeExodus Europe has been something of a sad series…
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Last December a broad coalition of anti gay organizations ran this newspaper ad featuring “ex-gays” in opposition to hate crimes legislation. The ad failed to identify what it called “former homosexuals” but those of us familiar with ex-gay groups immediately…