Yesterday I had the privilege of attending Activate Church in Adelaide to meet LGBTI members who serve in the church and hear Pastor Brad Chilcott publicly declare they are an affirming church. Read the statement below and watch the video of the announcement and interview afterward with Anthony Venn-Brown, founder of Ambassadors & Bridge [...]
IDAHOT - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. We often think of homophobia existing in others. Only straight people are homophobic. But for years, many of us suffered from internalized homophobia. Even coming out does not automatically deal with the damage years of negative conditioning has created. For some it continues to play havoc with [...]
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One of the first emails I received after A Life of Unlearning was released only in Australia in 2004 My mum sent me a copy of your book' A Life Of Unlearning'. I was really blown away by it. I grew up in a Pentecostal AOG church. By the age of 13 I was quite heavily [...]
Hard copy to follow shortly click here info@gayambassador.com to be notified. Or you can join my newsletter list here Audio version available. "We are all living a life of unlearning: unlearning things we accepted as truth but created a persona so unlike who we really are. Eventually cracks appear and beliefs challenged. On the surface [...]
American Psychiatric Association CEO Reflects on Homosexuality’s Removal From DSM on 40th Anniversary On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) courageously decided to remove homosexuality as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). In this video (below), APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., recognizes [...]
I just came across this article by Bradlee Dean titled HOMOSEXUAL MANIFESTO: SATIRE OR REALITY? Bradlee Dean is an ordained preacher, talk-show host of the Sons of Liberty Radio, and has a ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. He speaks in High Schools and College campuses all over America and produced a documentary "My War". Dean's promotion likens [...]
Gospel of Intolerance The filmmaker Roger Ross Williams reveals how money donated by American evangelicals helps finance a violent antigay movement in Uganda. More details from Wikipedia From 5 to 8 March 2009, a workshop took place in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, that featured three American evangelical Christians: Scott Lively, an author who [...]
Is it just me, or is there something decidedly un-Christian about the Rev Fred Nile's recent Australian Christian Democratic Party media release (below). Whilst it is often difficult for people to transport the image of a first century Jesus Christ (sandals and robe) into a 21st century context it is not difficult to identify some [...]