Courage to change.Jeremy Jeremy (jĕr`ĭmē), English form of Jeremiah. The Epistle of Jeremy is a title given to the sixth chapter of Baruch. Marks, the leader of Courage, one of the United Kingdom's largest "ex-gay" ministries, said he has realized something most gay people know instinctively--it's not possible for gays and lesbians to turn straight. Courage, an affiliate of the U.S. ex-gay group Exodus Exodus (ĕk`sədəs), book of the Bible, 2d of the 5 books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ascribed by tradition to Moses. The book continues the story of the ancestors of Israel in Egypt, now grown in number to a large landless , has received a two-year "sabbatical sab·bat·i·cal also sab·bat·ic adj. 1. Relating to a sabbatical year. 2. Sabbatical also Sabbatic Relating or appropriate to the Sabbath as the day of rest. n. A sabbatical year. " from the organization and will change its focus from converting gays to supporting gay Christians. "Basically, 14 years of personal ministry experience--plus many years of personal struggle before that--have shown that the assumptions underlying the ex-gay approach simply don't stand up in the long term," Marks said. Will ex-gay ministers stateside state·side adj. 1. Of or in the continental United States. 2. Alaska Of or in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. adv. Informal 1. learn from his experience? "I believe it would be good if they could follow my example," said Marks (pictured). "We have to ask ourselves the question, Have we been praying the kind of prayer God wants to answer?" |
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