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If you or someone you know struggle with ssa and need someone to talk to please contact us.
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WOUNDED HEARTS MINISTRY
Reaching out with love to those who are impacted by homosexuality |
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EDUCATING MINDS AND MENDING HEARTS
 I hope you will take advantage of the resources offered here, to become more informed on the issue of homosexuality. Many individuals, including Christians, are directly or indirectly impacted by homosexuality. They either know someone who is gay identified, or struggle with same-sex attraction (ssa) themselves.
Christians who struggle with same-sex attraction often struggle in silence, because the church has typically not been considered a "safe" place to seek help for this matter. Too many churches have limited their treatment of homosexuality to mere pronouncements of its sinful nature, or worse yet, issue blanket condemnations on those who struggle with it. Those with same-sex attractions generally know homosexuality is wrong. What they need to know is that the church cares enough to reach out to them, show them the love of Christ, and offer a path to healing. Will you love like Jesus, by letting someone who is ssa know they matter, and that you care? |
Educating the Public on
the Causes of Homosexuality
From the NARTH Collected Papers, 2004
Presented by Julie C. Harren,
Palm Beach Atlantic University
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Education on the causes of homosexuality is greatly needed, as few people really understand the developmental nature of same-sex attractions. Many people believe the theory that homosexuality is solely biological, while many others mistakenly believe it is a choice.
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Another Way Out
Adopted from the People Can Change Website.
We never chose to have homosexual feelings. So we couldn’t simply choose not to have them. We couldn’t just wish them away or will them away.
But we discovered that we could address the root causes of the conflict – which wasn’t really about sex at all. Rather, the longing for male love was, for us at least, really a deep, unmet need from childhood and youth:
· A longing for a father’s affirmation, perhaps. Or a mentor’s guidance. A peer group’s inclusion. Or our own internal sense of just being “one of the guys.”
 What we really needed was to fulfill – rather than suppress – the underlying, core need: a need not for sex or romance with men but for brotherly love. For male community. For self acceptance. And affirmation, as a man among men.
We call it “A M.A.N.S. Journey”… a journey of masculine connection. Of rigorous authenticity. Of genuine need fulfillment. And courageous surrender.
On these pages, those of us who have resolved past homosexual conflicts share our stories and experience for the benefit of those who may be conflicted, as we once were, and who seek similar change.
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Journey Into Manhood is a 48-hour immersion in self-discovery, catharsis and emotional healing. We create a highly supportive yet challenging environment designed specially for men who are serious about resolving unwanted homosexual attractions. It is an experiential weekend - meaning you won't just sit and listen, you'll experience, actively participate, connect and explore.
Journey Into Manhood is offered at camps and retreat centers about eight times a year throughout the U.S. and in England.
It is not a religious retreat, although we do teach the spiritual principle of surrender to a Higher Power. It is not professional therapy; it is a peer-led experience run by men who have been where you are now. |
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Fathers Do You Know the Value of Affirmation?
The lack of a father's love and affirmation, or a son's perception of the same, is a contributing factor for those who struggle with same-sex attractions.
 (The following in an excerpt from Healing Father Wounds by Mike Genung)
The reality is that many men grew up without their fathers blessing - including those raised in Christian homes. The void that’s left by the lack of our father’s love is a set up for a long, hard struggle with sex addiction, workaholism, gluttony or some other false coping mechanism. Dr. Ross Campbell, a former associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, writes “in all my reading and experience I have never known of one sexually disorientated person who had a warm, loving and affectionate father.”
 Gays Can't Change - Or Can They?
By Heather Sells, CBN News September 14, 2007
A ground-breaking new study challenges the idea that homosexuals cannot change and that attempts to change are harmful.
It would probably be hard to over-estimate the importance of the church in supporting someone who wants to leave a gay lifestyle. And if the church can begin to understand the difficulty of the journey, it will no doubt be better equipped to help.
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