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"Ex-Gay" group Targets Teens at School  [message #26608] Sat, 29 October 2005 01:46 Go to previous message
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The group is called Groundswell and is touring the country pushing their own version of bigotry.
From their web site http://groundswell2005.org

"Groundswell is a conference that will train and equip concerned parents, educators, youth workers and students to transform the public schools with a powerful response to homosexuality. The conference is hosted by Exodus International, the leading Christian ministry for those affected by homosexuality, in partnership with Focus on the Family. Drawing on 30 years of experience responding to homosexuality, we will provide you with the answers your community needs.....

....Groundswell is an initiative that will train and equip concerned youth pastors, campus ministers and students to respond to homosexuality among our youth. Groundswell training conferences provide a half-day conference that equips youth workers with the practical training they need to help struggling youth and reach out to gay-identified students.....

....Do you know students who struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions? Do students in your youth group talk about friends at school they think might be gay? We will train you to reach out to gay students with Christ's love in powerful authentic ways and to discuss homosexuality intelligently."

They were just in Seattle yesterday and their next scheduled "Conference" is in Boston (actually in Quincy) on December 3, 2005 at Eastern Nazarene College.

Just in case you are interested in "visiting" the conference, directions are here:
http://enc.edu/main/aboutenc/directions.html

Contact info for the school:
Eastern Nazarene College
Main Campus
23 East Elm Avenue
Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
(617) 745-3000
800) 88-ENC-88
info@enc.edu


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