Support Group Networks
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Blogs
Youth
Reach Truth (online mentoring) - Reach Truth is an online interactive program for men and women struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions. This 20 week program includes personal mentoring, video teaching, thought provoking questions, and daily devotionals.
Ministries for Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction
Courage - A Catholic 12-step recovery group for overcoming homosexuality for men and women. Qualifications for participation: You must be willing to live a chaste life and willing to submit to God's plan for human sexuality.
Genesis Counseling - Joe Dallas' Ministries / Genesis Counseling was created with a three-fold purpose: 1) To help people in recovery with sexual addiction, homosexuality, and other sexual problems. 2) To equip churches and Christian leaders to address the sexual and relational problems that may arise in their own congregations. 3) To educate the Christian community regarding sexual issues.
Portland Fellowship - This ministry offers a nine-month internship providing skills and experiences that will assist one to work in (or even begin) a ministry to those who struggle with homosexuality.
Restored Hope Network - Restored Hope Network (RHN) has recently been formed by leaders from throughout North America who seek to minister to homosexuals and other sexually broken individuals according to the historic doctrines of the Christian faith. We seek to be honest about the need for repentance in the life of believer and nonbeliever alike and we seek to communicate the many ways that God brings about real and lasting change in the life of anyone who turns to Him and allows Him to take them through a life-transforming process. (See Find Help Map).
Transforming Congregations - Equipping the Church to model and minister sanctified sexuality through Biblical instruction, Personal and Public Witness and a Compassionate Outreach.
Taking Back Ground - Taking Back Ground is a powerful discipleship program for men and women struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions.
Recommended Sites
Changed Movement - Personal testimonies from individuals seeking to follow Jesus as they navigate questions of identity and sexuality. These stories represent one set of experiences within the wider range of journeys people bring to this conversation.
Dton Naam Ministries - Dton Naam Ministries is a 501c3 in the US and is seeking to be a foundation in Thailand. It is currently a day program helping Thai prostitutes leave prostitution and find healing physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Dennis Jernigan - Worship leader and songwriter.
Harvest USA - Resources from Harvest USA that help individuals and churches navigate sexuality through a biblical and discipleship-centered lens. Their work emphasizes identity in Christ and the steady process of growth over time.
Help 4 Families - Now, as an adult who has received much insight and healing of my own, I’m at a place to offer a helping hand to others caught in similar circumstances, primarily having to do with Gender Identity Disorders. Help 4 Families is designed to give you the encouragement, loving support, and open-handed approach towards your own restoration; the kind of help I longed to experience as a youngster. If you are searching for a listening ear and/or basic information for yourself, your minister and others, or basic help in locating a Christian counselor, as well as others who are ready and eager to help on-line, you have now found your helping hand.
Hope for the Heart - Hope For The Heart is a worldwide ministry with a two-fold mission: providing Bible-based counsel to renew minds, heal hearts and bring hope to the hurting, while empowering Christians to disciple others.
Institute for Healthy Families - Institute for Healthy Families specializes in counseling solutions for individuals, couples, families, therapists, and ministry leaders. IHF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit therapeutic organization located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As a Judeo-Christian organization, IHF believes that the family is the foundation for healthy individuals, relationships, communities, and places of worship. While IHF is non-sectarian, we believe that God reveals His truth in both the Bible and Creation and that we can use this wisdom to help facilitate healing. IHF believes that through this synthesis of science and faith, we can help our clients form and maintain healthy families that will be able to help their children become the best versions of themselves and fulfill God’s will for their lives.
Living Hope - A ministry offering discipleship and support for individuals seeking sexual and relational wholeness through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Their work emphasizes identity in Christ, honest engagement with brokenness, and the ongoing process of transformation in community.
Love & Truth Network - Love & Truth Network offers teaching and training to help individuals and churches pursue wholeness in Christ. Their resources emphasize identity, discipleship, and the ongoing process of growth in relationship with God.
ReStory Ministries - A ministry equipping churches, leaders, and families to respond to questions of sexuality with biblical clarity and compassion. Their resources focus on identity in Christ, faithful discipleship, and helping communities become places of healing and support.
Sex Change Regret - Stories of people who have had sex changes and have regretted doing so.
Accountability & Internet Safety
Covenant Eyes - Screen Accountability - Covenant Eyes is designed to hold people accountable when using the Internet. Use promotional code FIRSTSTONE on installation to benefit the ministry of First Stone!
EverAccountable - Internet Accountability - Ever Accountable is scientifically-backed software that helps the whole family avoid porn and other dangers on the internet with the power of accountability.
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