This address was given at St Marks, Fitzroy, Victoria at the LGBTI apology Saturday 19 July 2014 "Sorry": tiny word - HUGE implications Sorry is such a simple word. Sadly it can never automatically right the wrongs of the past but, said with deep sincerity and authenticity, creates the potential for healing and reconciliation. "Sorry" [...]
Australia's first Anglican Church to apologize to the LGBTI community. St Marks, Fitzroy, Victoria. Address by Father Stuart Soley on Saturday 19 July 2014 There is a heavy burden the Christian church carries. It is the burden of homophobia, the side-lining of the hurt of GLBTI people as an urgent issue but above [...]
Is saying 'sorry' enough? "Ex-gay" formal apologies have been happening for a number of years. They began in 2007 at the first "ex-gay" survivors' conference with former leaders Michael Bussee, Darlene Bogle and Jeremy Marks followed closely by former "ex-gay" leaders from Australia. Whilst these were significant, they didn't get the same attention as more recent ones [...]
From Randy Thomas's blog (bold emphasis mine) When Alan Chambers made his apology to the gay community, I couldn’t have been more supportive. I am so proud of my friend and fully agree with what he shared. I, too, have been taking a personal moral inventory. So many eye-opening experiences have occurred in the past twenty-four months – [...]
It is relationships and what those relationships have contributed to my life that has made the most significant contribution to who I am today. I have always considered it a privilege to have known gay and lesbian individuals. They have taught me much, they have challenged me and those relationships have changed me. As a [...]
Exodus Asia Pacific part of the crumbling Global Alliance has lost another organization from their site. Ministry One is no longer listed as the founder and director, Simon Tinkler, is now living as an openly gay man. Here is his story in his own words. You can love and serve God as an out [...]
I Am Sorry By Alan Chambers June 19, 2013 To Members of the LGBTQ Community: In 1993 I caused a four-car pileup. In a hurry to get to a friend’s house, I was driving when a bee started buzzing around the inside of my windshield. I hit the bee and it fell on the dashboard. [...]
John Paulk admits it was a sham. "In 2003, I left the public ministry and gave up my role as a spokesman for the "ex-gay movement.” I began a new journey. In the decade since, my beliefs have changed. Today, I do not consider myself “ex-gay” and I no longer support or promote the movement. [...]
For the better part of ten years, I was an advocate and spokesman for what’s known as the “ex-gay movement,” where we declared that sexual orientation could be changed through a close-knit relationship with God, intensive therapy and strong determination. At the time, I truly believed that it would happen. And while many things in [...]