The dramatic resignation of internationally recognised Christian speaker and author Sam Allberry, after disclosures of an “inappropriate relationship with another man,” is sending shockwaves through evangelical circles and reigniting scrutiny of the “gay but celibate” movement promoted in many churches. Anthony Venn-Brown OAM, Founder and CEO of Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI), says the [...]
SAM ALLBERRY, GAY CHRISTIAN AND PREACHER OF CELIBACY, WASN’T From “Pray the Gay Away” to “Gay without the Lay” Allberry’s Influence in Australia What the celibacy message actually says When the Public Narrative Cracks Note to Sam Sam Allberry became one of the most prominent global voices advocating for the “celibate gay Christian” within [...]
You've heard of "Pray the Gay Away", now it's "Gay Without the Lay" There are three ways you could understand how celibacy became the new ex-gay. You could have lived through the evolution You are a researcher/historian, or You can read this article. I was born in 1951. In the 50’s and 60’s gay [...]
The old "ex-gay" and the new celibacy message In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed homosexuality as a mental illness from its diagnostic manual. Whilst mental health professionals faced the reality they were wrong, and moved on, much of the Christian Church was not having any of it. In their eyes, homosexuality was more [...]
There are three ways you could understand how celibacy became the new ex-gay. You could have lived through the evolution, you are a researcher/historian, or you can read this article. I was born in 1951. In the 50’s and 60’s gay men were either imprisoned or institutionalised as they were considered sexual perverts. Mental health [...]