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Together Everyone Accomplishes More – Letter from Alan Chambers for January 2011

January 4, 2011 By Alan Chambers

This letter from Alan Chambers appears in both our offline and online newsletters. To receive this letter along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. --- Dear Friends, How many of you have a resolution for the New Year? Without going crazy, I usually try to pinpoint one or two areas where I hope to make improvements each year. This year I have decided to work on keeping life simple. You may remember that our mission at Exodus for 2011 is Simplify, Amplify, Intensify. I began sensing the Lord's encouragement in … [Read more...]

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Love Won Out Rockford Illinois this Weekend

September 20, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Love Won Out is this weekend! <-- The exclamation point denotes genuine excitement. I have been to many of LWO's and am blessed at every one. Here are a couple of examples of why: One parent, who recently attended a Love Won Out event, said, “God spoke to me about my need to show more love and acceptance towards our son who is gay and to trust Him to use this in my own life to grow me to be all He wants me to be.” After attending the event, one man wrote, “I came to the conference ready to give up, walk out of my marriage and pursue a gay lifestyle. The conference gave me hope … [Read more...]

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Prop 8 Decision Imminent – Life Goes On Regardless of “Winner”

August 4, 2010 By Randy Thomas

UPDATE 4:49 PM EDT: Judge rules Prop 8 unconstitutional. When Alan decided a couple of years ago to pull Exodus out of public policy I was in total agreement. That whole realm fascinates me and has since I was in High School (Youth in Government Club.) We, Alan and I, gave it our best effort for about 4 years and learned plenty of lessons. The point of today's post isn't to pile on and throw another round into the echo-chamber of talking points you will hear again and again and again and again ... and again and again ... and again ... Of course I am aware of the importance of … [Read more...]

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Parenting The Sensitive Soul

July 22, 2010 By Randy Thomas

A mother sent me a link to this article, Parenting The Sensitive Soul, by Ricky Chelette who is the Director of Living Hope Ministries. She was deeply moved by it and was forwarding it on to some in her family. From the article: "I think my son wants to be a girl," the father blurted out through tear-filled eyes as he entered my office. He was an enthusiastic father, an articulate, well-educated man, with a passion for God and truth. His wife was with him, tears streaming from her face as she saw the pain in her husband's heart. She was a gentle mother with a deep passion for her … [Read more...]

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Living Word Christian Center Issues Statement Concerning You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries

June 2, 2010 By Randy Thomas

We just received the following statement from Living Word Christian Center (An Exodus Church Association Member) clarifying how they had once worked with Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries: Statement Regarding You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries Living Word Christian Center (LWCC) did host You Can Run But You Cannot Hide Ministries on March 25, 2009 in our Senior High School Youth department. The speaker was Jacob MacAulay the chief operations manager of their ministry, his topic was on the influences of pop culture in our society. LWCC does not support … [Read more...]

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EXODUS RETURNS to its BIRTHPLACE for 35th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

May 27, 2010 By Randy Thomas

2010 Exodus Freedom Conference Promo from Exodus International on Vimeo. From the Exodus Press Office: EXODUS RETURNS to its BIRTHPLACE for 35th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE Exodus Continues Moving Forward With Longest Running Conference On Homosexuality Orlando, FL – Exodus International – the global Christian outreach whose mission is mobilizing the Church to minister grace and truth to a world impacted by homosexuality - will celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Exodus International Freedom Conference on June 23rd – 26th in Irvine, CA. The first gathering took place in nearby … [Read more...]

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Statement from Alan Chambers Regarding Exodus and Dawson McAllister

April 20, 2010 By Alan Chambers

Statement from Alan Chambers Regarding Exodus and Dawson McAllister Recent events involving youth leader Dawson McAllister, Clear Channel Communications and Exodus International have been spotlighted in numerous blogs and publications over the past few days. While Exodus is no stranger to controversy, we are usually reluctant to make public statements critical of other organizations or leaders, particularly those for whom we have high personal regard. But the very public nature of this situation leaves us no choice but to clarify our feelings and position on the matter. On Sunday April … [Read more...]

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Dawson McAllister Under Fire For Exodus Referral

April 14, 2010 By Alan Chambers

Respected radio broadcaster, author and speaker Dawson McAllister, whose youth-oriented call-in show is on over 140 radio stations nationwide, is the latest target of several gay websites after his ministry directed a gay blogger posing as a teenager struggling with his sexuality, to Exodus International. KnowThyNeighbor.org’s Greg Kimball describes McAllister as “an evil, calculated sneak who is reaching out across the country and hurting our gay youth while pretending to be a good person who just wants to help people.” He is leading the charge to paint McAllister and the … [Read more...]

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PBS Interview on Churches and Gay Youth

March 16, 2010 By Jeff Buchanan

In a recent PBS Religion & Ethics segment on "Churches & Gay Youth," Pastor Bob Perdue of Old Dominion Baptist Church, an Exodus Church Association church in Bristow, VA, was interviewed by PBS correspondent Lucky Severson. While the segment is generally unbalanced and one-sided in its perspective, Bob responds with a gracious and truthful point of view. In preparing to post this article, I asked Bob to share a little of his personal story: I grew up in church and I grew up struggling with same sex attraction. While the problem was not spoken about specifically, the concept of … [Read more...]

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Prayer Request for Love Won Out San Diego

March 3, 2010 By Randy Thomas

Conference organizers amaze me. All the details, logistics, care, hard work, preparation, crunch time, running the event itself... astounding. How blessed are we that God has created wonderful souls who can do this type of ministry? My respect for David Fountain, Leslie Chambers and Karen Eaglin is already deep but to watch them in action is a beautiful thing. This Saturday is our Love Won Out (LWO) event in San Diego so it is crunch time in "pulling it all together." During our daily morning prayer time we spent extra time lifting up every aspect of Love Won Out to the Lord. We … [Read more...]

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Together Everyone Accomplishes More – Letter from Alan Chambers for January 2011

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Prop 8 Decision Imminent – Life Goes On Regardless of “Winner”

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EXODUS RETURNS to its BIRTHPLACE for 35th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

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Dawson McAllister Under Fire For Exodus Referral

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