Courage UK
Courage is in the UK , founded non-profit organization for evangelical Christians. She belongs to the ex-ex-gay movement.
The organization claims to support gay and lesbian Christians as well as their relatives by trying to reconcile their faith and their sexuality. It also claims to offer the churches a tool to better understand the needs of homosexual and bisexual people ( ABG ) and to provide homosexuals without religious affiliation with answers to their questions about the faith. In 2006 about 150 members were given.
Courage UK does not involve the apostolate Courage International of the Catholic Church to be confused that supports persons with homosexual tendencies is a chaste to lead life. To avoid confusion, the Catholic organization in the UK is called EnCourage .
history
Courage was founded by Jeremy Marks in February 1988. She soon became one of the UK's leading ex-gay Christian organizations and a member of Exodus International . The aim was to offer homosexuals a path of healing through faith and pastoral care.
In 2000, however, the organization changed its course and embraced a new approach that was fundamentally positive for homosexuality. As the reason for this change of course, she cited the desperation which, in her opinion, would have spread among numerous homosexual Christians who sought to "overcome" their homosexuality through faith and who then failed. With that she broke with the basic idea of the ex-gay movement.
As a result, the organization had to cease its activities for Exodus International for the time being, and they were also pressured to leave the Evangelical Alliance .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Victoria Combe: Crusade to cure gays was wrong, says founder in WorldWide Religious News , April 6, 2001. (Retrieved September 10, 2012)
- ^ Evangelicals Concerned Western Region: Conservative Leader No Longer Changes Gay People ( Memento October 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), July 26, 2004.
- ^ Article in The Advocate, March 13, 2001.