Bob Davies (Author)

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Bob Davies (* 1951 ) is a Christian speaker, author and musician. For many years he was President of Exodus International and Executive Director of the North America section , where he was particularly concerned with "overcoming" homosexuality. In October 2001 he resigned from his post because of an alleged divine suggestion, with the unusual statement that there were no scandals about himself .

Life

Davies grew up in a Christian family in Vancouver , British Columbia , where he was a pianist, organist and sang as a baritone .

According to his own admission, he thought himself possibly homosexual from the age of twelve, which, however, meant a conflict with his faith. From June 1979 he sought help from the Exodus International group "Love In Action" near San Francisco . His planned three-month stay turned into a 22-year collaboration until 2001. In 2000, he was one of fifteen participants in the demonstration before the annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) against the condemnation of reparative therapy by the APA and for the law on therapy for homosexuals.

Davies tells of a vision he claims to have had on October 11, 1984, about the question of whether he should live as a single or get married in the future. In August 1985 he married a woman with whom he still lives in Seattle today. After resigning from Exodus International in 2002, he worked for the University Presbyterian Church in Seattle as a musician.

His books and essays have been translated into several languages ​​and he has been quoted many times - even by opponents. Anita Worthen and Bob Davies worked together at New Hope Ministries in San Rafael , California. During this time, they wrote their book "Someone I Love Is Gay". Works by Bob Davies appear several times in bibliographies on religion and homosexuality.

In an essay, Seven Things I Wish Pro-Gays Would Admit, translated by the Young Christians Offensive as Seven Appeals to the Gay Movements , Davies shows some lines of conflict between the lesbian and gay movement and the ex -Gay move on. He takes a stand on the side of the ex-gay movement that he co-founded.

Fonts

  • with Lori Rentzel : Coming Out of Homosexuality - New Freedom for Men & Women. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8308-1653-8 .
  • with Anita Worthen: Someone I Love Is Gay. How Family and Friends Can Respond. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois 1996, ISBN 978-0-8308-1982-9 . ( Google books )
  • History of Exodus International. An Overview of the Worldwide Growth of the "Ex-Gay" Movement. Exodus International-North America, 1998.
  • Russell Willingham: Breaking Free. Understanding Sexual Addiction and the Healing Power of Jesus. Foreword by Bob Davis. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove. Illinois 1999, ISBN 978-0-8308-1791-7 .
  • with Lela Gilbert Portraits of freedom. 14 people who came out of homosexuality. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2001, ISBN 0-8308-2331-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ He was president for 17 years. So Tanya Erzen in Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-gay Movement. University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0-520-24581-4 , p. 42.
  2. ↑ a b Christianity Today : Ex-Gay Sheds the Mocking Quote Marks The retiring head of Exodus says gay transformation ministries are more respected and effective than ever , January 7, 2002, as of October 29, 2008.
  3. ↑ a b c Bob Davies: Reaching across the sound barrier ( Memento from February 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c The War Within. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008 ; accessed on January 10, 2018 .
  5. ^ Tanya Erzen in Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-gay Movement. University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0-520-24581-4 , p. 126
  6. ^ Anita Worthen and Bob Davies: When a Friend Says, "I'm Gay" .
  7. ^ Bob Davies: Looking Back & Looking Forward. (PDF) (No longer available online.) P. 2006-03-01 , archived from the original on October 3, 2007 ; accessed on January 10, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / exodus.to
  8. ↑ Michelle Wolkomir: "Be Not Deceived": The Sacred and Sexual Struggles of Gay and Ex-gay Christian Men. Rutgers University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8135-3822-X , ISBN 978-0-8135-3822-8 , Pp. 31, 37, 53, 148, 212.
  9. ↑ Wayne R. Besen: Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-gay Myth. Haworth Press, 2003, p. 16: On the Discipline of John Paulk, on pp. 219, 245, 252, 280.
  10. ↑ “What father, teacher, friend, or co-worker would encourage a child to engage in life-threatening behavior?” Quoted from Joseph Nicolosi , Linda Ames Nicolosi : A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. InterVarsity Press, 2002, ISBN 0-8308-2379-4 , p. 113.
  11. ↑ Tom Gruber: What the Bible "Really" Says about Sex. Trafford Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-4122-4277-0 , p. 55.
  12. ↑ Anita Worthen and Bob Davies: Someone I Love Is Gay: How Family and Friends Can Respond. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois 1996, ISBN 978-0-8308-1982-9 , blurb.
  13. ↑ EMORY: Queer Religion Bibliography 1990 to 1999  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen October 28, 2008.@1@ 2Template: dead link / web.library.emory.edu  
  14. ↑ HuK: Bibliography on the subject of “Homosexuality and the Church” ( Memento from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 28, 2008.
  15. ^ University of Washington: Gay and Lesbian Holdings , accessed Oct. 29, 2008.
  16. ^ Bob Davies: Seven Things I Wish the Pro-gays Would Admit. Exodus International , 2005, archived from the original on August 21, 2006 ; accessed on January 10, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Davies, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brother Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, Exodus International contributor, and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1951