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.
ALAN CHAMBERSThere wasn’t reparative therapy in Corinth. So in this passage I think people came to Christ and experienced a new life in him apart from the therapeutic process.
More Alan Chambers Quotes
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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 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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And that’s a wonderful thing and that’s what we will always offer at Exodus.
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I can attest to the fact that sexual orientation is not immutable and I urge the city council to vote no on this amendment.
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I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy.
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Someone’s always calling for my resignation. It’s nothing new.
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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 it’s hypocritical and inconsistent for us to attack this one group of people over any other group of people that are within our churches today.
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Well, I find it interesting first that this all centers around the issue of homosexuality and we don’t bring in any other sin issue into the picture.
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For some that will mean getting the help or expertise of a counselor that can help them walk through and navigate through some of the traumatic things that they’ve been through in their life.
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For someone to promise a percentage type cure for this issue, for instance I had someone who said they had experienced a 90 percent permanent.
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Exodus will do that for people who come to us for help.
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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.
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When they don’t have to live in that fear or that life of condemnation wondering whether God’s going to yank His relationship from them
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Or any other thing – are those people in danger of losing their salvation over those issues?
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