Within the membership we have 270 or so members within the network of Exodus whether that’s a local member ministry, a counselor or one of our members of our church association.
ALAN CHAMBERSCertainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that’s a wonderful thing.
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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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The reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I’ve heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.
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Through biblical community in their local church, through honesty and transparency, sharing what it is that troubles them, being accountable.
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Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table.
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I find it a golden idol, honestly, where we have been hypocritical to ask people to resolve this issue in a way that we haven’t encouraged other people with other struggles to resolve.
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I think that’s really where we need to be more consistent as believers.
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Exodus is a very large organization. My board of directors is supportive of me as the president of Exodus and are very much involved in my decision-making and those types of things.
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I think for believers you know we are helping people pursue holiness through a relationship with Christ.
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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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But when it comes to someone pointing to this passage and saying homosexuals changed, well, I’m not sure that’s what that passage is referring to.
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I think we have to do a better job than we’ve done. So I do think there is, people rush to judgment and rush to clarify their point on this issue in ways that they don’t’ rush to judgment and to clarity on other issues.
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I am eternally secure. I gave my heart to Christ and that gift of salvation is irrevocable.
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I am opposed to special rights for gays just as I am opposed to special rights for heterosexuals or smokers.
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I think we as believers can be secure in our relationship with Christ. I’m not saying that sin isn’t sin.
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So to pick and choose that once you come to Christ you’re never going to struggle in those areas again or never fall prey to stumbling in those ways again, I just, I don’t think we can assure that.
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