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National/International
Ministries Addressing Healing for Homosexuality |
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Denominational
Ministries of Freedom |
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Exodus
International Member Ministries (local in the USA) |
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Resources
for Youth and Young Adults |
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Same-Sex
attraction - research and therapy |
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Sexual
Addiction and Pornography |
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Sexual
Abuse |
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General
Recovery Programs for Churches |
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Websites
Featuring Magazine and Journal Articles on Sexuality/Homosexulaity
and Religion |
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HIV
– AIDS |
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Sex
Trafficing |
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Same-Sex
Marriage |
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PC-USA
Related Organizations |
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| National/International
Ministries Addressing Healing for Homosexuality |
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Coaching
Confidant www.coachingconfidant.org
Dr. Mike Rosebush, former vice-president of
Focus on the Family, does confident and confidential
phone therapy for men. |
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Cross
Ministry www.crossministry.org
Helps local congregations recognize their
biblical responsibility to cultivate an atmosphere
by which those affected by homosexuality may
freely express their anguish and in so doing,
experience God's healing. |
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Desert
Stream www.desertstream.org
Desert Stream Ministries equips the body of
Christ to minister healing to the sexually
and relationally broken (and to those with
life-defining illnesses) through healing groups
and leadership training for the local church.
Desert Stream produces the Living Waters Program,
s.a.l.t., and others. |
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Exodus
Global Alliance www.exodusglobalalliance.org
Exodus Global Alliance is a world-wide
Christian organization helping people affected
by homosexuality and promoting the message
that "Change from homosexuality is
possible through the power of Jesus Christ."
Exodus WorldNews provides information about
what Exodus is doing around the world and
the Exodus Opening Doors provides articles
that address issues. Both are available
on the Exodus Global Alliance website. |
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Exodus
North America www.exodus.to
Exodus is the largest Christian referral
and information ministry dealing with homosexual
issues in our world today. If you are looking
for a ministry in your area, you can find
information on over 100 referral ministries
on their site.
OnebyOne is featured in the new Exodus brochure.
Click
here to read more. |
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Genesis Counseling (Joe Dallas) www.joedallas.com
Genesis Counseling is a Christian organization founded in 1987 to educate and assist women and men who wrestle with sexual and relational conflicts. To this end we offer pastoral counseling, consultation and life coaching services for those dealing with sexual addiction, including pornography addiction, sexual disorders, relational problems and family crises. All counseling is done from a Biblically-based philosophy and is reasonably priced. Free and low-fee consultations are available on a case-by-case basis. |
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Healing
for the Soul www.healingforthesoul.org
This is the private group practice of Jayson
Graves, M.MFT. Jayson and his team focus
on Sexual addictions and unwanted Same-Gender
Attractions, serving a local, national,
and international clientele, using an innovative,
faith-based approach involving individual,
couples, and/or group therapy over the telephone
or in person. |
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Leanne
Payne www.leannepayne.org
A teaching and healing ministry dedicated
to restoring a Biblical understanding of persons
and how Christians grow into maturity. Her
ministry conducts five-day Pastoral Care Ministry
Schools annually in the United States and
in Western Europe, and provides various resources
through their newsletter and web site. |
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Living
Hope Ministries www.livehope.org
(Online Support)
Offers online support for teens and adults
who struggle with homosexuality. |
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Love
Won Out www.lovewonout.com
Love Won Out provides six annual conferences
where nationally known experts, who have
firsthand experience with the seldom-told
side of the homosexual issue, will share
their testimonies and expertise. |
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Loving
Homosexuals www.LovingHomosexuals.com
Chad Johnson is a speaker (mid 20s) and
author. He has written and produced, Loving
Homosexuals as Jesus Would and a DVD, Bringing
Christian Love, Out of the Closet.
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Mastering
Life www.MasteringLife.org
Mastering Life Ministries is an interdenominational,
non-profit Christian ministry. It exists
in order to target areas of life where people
are caught and deceived into unhealthy,
dysfunctional life-styles that separate
them from the power and blessing of God,
and to equip the Church to redemptively
minister to such people. Our primary focus
is sexual sin and brokenness, and related
issues such as intimacy with the Father,
performance orientation, anger management,
etc. The tools of our ministry include film,
television, and radio as well as seminars
and publications that communicate the truth
of Jesus Christ.
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P.A.T.H.
- Positive Alternatives To Homosexuality
www.pathinfo.org
PATH is a non-profit coalition of organizations
that help people with unwanted same-sex attractions
realize their personal goals for change --
whether by developing their innate heterosexual
potential or by embracing a lifestyle as a
single, non-sexually active man or woman.
OneByOne is a member organization along with
others from ecumenical or non-religious background. |
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P-FOX
www.pfox.org
PFOX is a Christ-centered network of parents,
friends, and families of loved ones struggling
with homosexuality. In order to restore families
to wholeness, they support, educate and offer
hope for counsel, and provide strategies on
how to actively love the struggler and yet
disagree with his or her lifestyle choice.
Visit their ex-gay store www.cafepress.com/pfox |
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Portland Fellowship www.portlandfellowship.com
Portland Fellowship's programs are inspired by men and women who have experienced freedom from homosexual desire and behavior through the love and mercy of Jesus Christ. Since 1988, their ministry has helped hundreds of men and women find biblical resolution to their homosexuality and has ministered to their families, friends, and church leaders. |
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Pure
Passion www.PurePassion.us
"Pure Passion" addresses an area
of life (human sexuality) that is in dire
need of healing. Millions are trapped every
year in sexual brokenness, partly because
the faith community is failing to regularly
communicate the grace and the truth that will
set them free and positively communicate the
standards for healthy human sexuality. This
TV show site features multiple interviews
to watch online. |
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Redeemed Lives Ministries www.redeemedlives.org
Mario Bergner, Director. It is a ministry of pastoral care and discipleship to help bring those struggling with homosexuality into the healing and saving embrace of Jesus Christ.
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Stonewall
Revisited www.stonewallrevisted.com
A comprehensive collection of articles and
testimonies from ex-gays about the power of
Jesus Christ to set free people free from
homosexuality. |
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Sy
Rogers www.syrogers.com (Addresses
Transexuality and Gender Identity Issues)
Regarded as a gifted international communicator,
award-winning talk show host, recording artist
and pastor, he has served for over two decades
in ministry as a pastoral care specialist
regarding sexuality and related concerns. |
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We
Are Thinking www.wearethinking.com
We Are Thinking, an Ex-Gay political action
committee, is dedicated to minority opinion
and the civil rights movement in America.
This organization produces short video clips
on subjects such as the definition of homophobia,
the difference between innate and immutable,
and an African-American male says being gay
is not an identity. |
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| Denominational
Ministries of Freedom |
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| Presbyterian
Church USA |
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OneByOne |
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| Presbyterian
Church of America |
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Harvest
USA www.harvestusa.org
HARVEST USA has been ministering since 1983 with
individuals impacted by sexual brokenness and sin.
With a new emphasis on educating the Church to more
openly address the subject of sexual brokenness,
HARVEST USA has developed seminars, training weekends,
curriculum and other resources for churches, as
well as continuing to offer small groups in Philadelphia
and Chattanooga. One particular resource is a small
group curriculum designed for men struggling with
sexual sin, entitled, Crossroads: Choosing the
Road to Sexual Purity. |
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| United
Methodist Church |
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Transforming
Congregations www.transformingcong.org
A ministry within the United Methodist Church Its
goal is to help local churches gain the education,
understanding and tools to reach out with compassion
to those who have same-sex attraction. The ministry
believes as long as ex-gay ministry remains a primarily
parachurch concern and effort, the Body of Christ
will fail to meet the needs of sexually confused,
trapped and hurting people. |
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| Catholic
Church |
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Courage
www.courageRC.net
Courage, an apostolate of the Roman Catholic Church,
ministers to those with same-sex attractions and
their loved ones. They have chapters throughout
the world. |
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| Jewish
Faith |
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JONAH
www.jonahweb.org
Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality,
is an international organization dedicated to educating
the world-wide Jewish community about the prevention,
intervention, and healing of the underlying issues
causing same-sex attractions. |
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| Anglican
Communion of Canada |
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Zacchaeus
Fellowship www.zaccheus.ca
A fellowship of men and women who have experienced
same-sex attraction and who want to reach out to
churches with the message of hope and healing. Those
in the Zacchaeus Fellowship are made up of members
of Anglican churches across Canada. The fellowship
also welcome associate members from other denominations. |
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| Charismatic
Episcopal Church |
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Grace and Truth
Rev. Canon David Kyle Foster: (615) 507-4166 |
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| Southern
Baptist Convention |
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The
Way Out
www.sbcthewayout.com
Bob Stith, Liaison: (817) 488-6900 |
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| Exodus
International Member Ministries (local in the USA) |
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Exchange Ministries, Orlando. FL www.exchangeministries.org
Exchange is one of the first Exodus member ministries in the United States, having served individuals and families in Orlando for the last 20 years. This Christian ministry offers ongoing small groups for men, women, and families who need support and resources. Exchange brings in outside speakers and counselors to help educate and encourage those who attend, and group leaders utilize various books and programs, such as Living Waters, to help participants find emotional and spiritual healing that goes deeper than just our sexual behavior. |
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First
Stone Ministry www.firststone.org
It's purpose is to help lead people in the body
of Christ to freedom from homosexuality and sexual
brokenness through Jesus Christ; to reach out to
churches, schools, organizations, and the general
public by providing education, biblical discipleship,
support and AIDS ministry. |
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Hope
and New Life Ministries www.hopeandnewlife.org
(Indianapolis, IN)
This ministry educates and equips the Body of Christ
to provide healing for the sexually broken and support
for families and friends. It provides literature
and resources, presentations at churches and public
forums, annual seminars and workshops, training
for pastoral staffs and lay leaders, and program
development for churches. |
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Worthy
Creations www.worthycreations.org (Ft.
Lauderdale, FL)
An interdenominational Christian ministry dedicated
to helping men and women find freedom from homosexuality
and sexual brokenness. The goal of the ministry
is to effectively communicate the message of liberation
from homosexuality and to offer support and understanding
to those whose loved ones are involved in a homosexual
lifestyle. |
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Where
Grace Abounds www.wheregraceabounds.org
(Denver, CO)
WGA exists to guide and support men and women who
seek to understand sexuality and relationship, and
to inspire all people to know and personally appropriate
God's plan for their sexuality and relationships. |
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Regeneration
Ministries www.regenerationministries.org
(Baltimore, MD)
Associated with Exodus International North America,
Regeneration seeks to bring God's healing to men
and women struggling with homosexuality, sexual
addiction and other relational issues, and to help
the Body of Christ in reaching out to these men
and women. This ministry also provides hundreds
of books and audio/visual materials. |
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Harvest
USA www.harvestusa.org (Philadelphia,
PA)
HARVEST USA has been ministering since 1983 with
individuals impacted by sexual brokenness and sin.
With a new emphasis on educating the Church to more
openly address the subject of sexual brokenness,
HARVEST USA has developed seminars, training weekends,
curriculum and other resources for churches, as
well as continuing to offer small groups in Philadelphia
and Chattanooga. One particular resource is a small
group curriculum designed for men struggling with
sexual sin, entitled, Crossroads: Choosing the
Road to Sexual Purity. |
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Healing
for the Soul www.healingforthesoul.org
This is the private group practice of Jayson Graves,
M.MFT. Jayson and his team focus on Sexual addictions
and unwanted Same-Gender Attractions, serving
a local, national, and international clientele,
using an innovative, faith-based approach involving
individual, couples, and/or group therapy over
the telephone or in person. |
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Set
Free Ministries www.setfreerichmond.org/mission.htm
(Richmond, VA)
Set Free offers hope and healing through the Lord
Jesus Christ to individuals overcoming sexual
and relational brokenness. They offer education
and support to friends, family members, and churches
in Virginia. |
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Please
contact Exodus International for a complete list
of ministries in your area. www.exodus.to |
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| Resources
for Youth and Young Adults |
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Exodus
Youth www.exodusyouth.net
Resources, newsletters and support for youth, parents
and friends who are struggling with homosexuality. |
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Loving
Homosexuals www.lovinghomosexuals.com
Chad Thompson is a 20-something conference speaker
and addresses the question, "If Jesus visited
us once again, how would he respond to the issue
of homosexuality?' The website contains articles
about gay marriage, gender identification and Fred
Phelps. |
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Find
Out www.findout.org
This site helps a teen to explore the question,
“Was I born gay?” |
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Free
To Be Me www.freetobeme.com
This site gives young people tools for understanding
unwanted same-sex attraction and the resources to
address those feelings in a constructive way. It
also helps youth who know someone who experiences
same-sex attraction understanding in how to respond
to that person with understanding and respect. |
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Healing
for the Soul www.healingforthesoul.org
This is the private group practice of Jayson Graves,
M.MFT. Jayson and his team focus on Sexual addictions
and unwanted Same-Gender Attractions, serving
a local, national, and international clientele,
using an innovative, faith-based approach involving
individual, couples, and/or group therapy over
the telephone or in person. |
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My
True Freedom www.mytruefreedom.net
This site provides straightforward answers to tough
questions about sexual sins, particularly homosexuality.
It has many stories who have found freedom from
sexual sin. |
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Parents
Television Council www.parentsTV.org
PTC's primary mission is to promote and restore
responsibility and decency to the entertainment
industry in answer to America's demand for positive,
family-oriented television programming. The PTC
does this by fostering changes in TV programming
to make the early hours of prime time family-friendly
and suitable for viewers of all ages. |
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Reach Truth www.reachtruth.com
Thousands of people struggle with unwanted same-sex attractions and are looking for support that leads them to a life that pleases the Lord and leads them into victory. Reach Truth offers programs to help people find hope, encouragement, and truth in their lives. |
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Sex
and Young America www.sexandyoungamerica.com
In partnership with organizations like Campus Crusade
for Christ, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship and
Josh McDowell Ministry, Sex and Young America has
produced materials to help parents speak effectively
with their children about sex. |
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Troubled
With Life www.troubledwith.com
A collection of articles about family issues and
adolescence (sexual abuse, addiction, cybersex,
premarital sex). |
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Bursting
the Bubble www.burstingthebubble.com
Has someone touched your private parts or made you
touch theirs? It can also include rape, or other
things that make you feel uncomfortable (e.g. making
sexual comments, making you watch them masturbate,
rubbing their body against you in a sexual way,
trying to tongue kiss you, or making you look at
sexual pictures or videos). This site covers all
of these issues. |
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Bully Police www.bullypolice.com
This is a watch-dog organization advocating for bullied children and reporting on state anti-bullying laws. |
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attraction - research and therapy: |
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N.A.R.T.H
. www.narth.com
National Association for Research &
Therapy of Homosexuality. Most NARTH
members consider homosexuality to represent
a developmental disorder. Some clinician-members,
however, do not consider the condition disordered,
but simply defend the right to treatment for
those who desire it. They have joined NARTH
because they know that the client's right
to choose his/her own direction of treatment
must be protected. |
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American
Association of Christian Counselors
www.aacc.net
This site will describe for you a Sexual
Foundations course of study. Topics include:
Redeeming Sexuality, Healthy vs. Unhealthy
Sexuality, Understanding Gender and Sexual
Response, Passionate Intimacy, Toward a Theology
of Sexuality. |
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Dr.
Rosebush, www.coachingconfidant.com
Dr. Mike Rosebush is a nationally certified
counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor
who specializes in assisting Christian men
who struggle with same-sex attractions. He
has had years of experience in helping men
in this area, and is recommended by Focus
on the Family, Love Won Out, Exodus, NARTH,
New Life Ministries, Every Man's Battle, Promise
Keepers, and Pure Online. He provides ongoing
phone-therapy (individual or group) that is
accessible to anyone -- regardless of where
you live. |
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Healing
for the Soul www.healingforthesoul.org
This is the private group practice of Jayson
Graves, M.MFT. Jayson and his team focus
on Sexual addictions and unwanted Same-Gender
Attractions, serving a local, national,
and international clientele, using an innovative,
faith-based approach involving individual,
couples, and/or group therapy over the telephone
or in person. |
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Sexual
identity Institute www.sexualIdentityInstitute.org
ISSI is a scholarly institute for the
study of sexual identity development and synthesis,
and we regularly publish scholarly, peer-reviewed
articles on the topic. Contact: Mark Yarhouse
Professor of Psychology Regent University. |
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Journal
of Human Sexuality www.leaderu.com/jhs
A journal containing articles on homosexuality
from a Christian perspective. |
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| Sexual
Addiction and Pornography |
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National
Victim Assistance Help Line 1-800-583-2964 |
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Accountable2you www.accountable2you.com
This site is devoted to free online accountability.
They provide software called "Internet
Partner" whcih allows members to be transparent
with their accountability partners. |
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B-Safe www.Bsafehome.com
Internet filtering and security software |
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Citizens for Community Values www.ccv.org
CCV exists to promote Judeo-Christian
values and reduce destructive behaviors especially
in the area of pornography. Excellent resources
for the local church in the area of youth
sexuality. |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
CDC is a government agency that provides
essential human services for protecting the
health and safety of all Americans. STD and
AIDS Hotline – 1-800-342-2437. |
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Covenant Eyes www.covenanteyes.com
Covenant Eyes is a unique software program
that removes the temptation of visiting harmful
and inappropriate websites. |
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Defender
Ministries www.defenderministries.org |
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Faithful
and True Ministries www.faithfulandtrueministries.com
Mark Laaser is an internationally known
author and speaker. His first book, Faithful
and True , was the first Christian book
to address the issue of sexual addiction.
With 4 counselors, they provide workshops
and therapy. |
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Genesis Counseling www.joedallas.com
This ministry is to help people in recovery with sexual addiction, homosexuality, and other sexual problems. It is also to help equip churches and Christian leaders to address the sexual and relational problems that may arise in their own congregations. Phone counseling is available. |
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Healing
for the Soul www.healingforthesoul.org
This is the private group practice of Jayson
Graves, M.MFT. Jayson and his team focus
on Sexual addictions and unwanted Same-Gender
Attractions, serving a local, national,
and international clientele, using an innovative,
faith-based approach involving individual,
couples, and/or group therapy over the telephone
or in person. |
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New
Life Partners www.newlifepartners.org
It is a Christian online resource and support
group for women whose lives have been impacted
by husbands or loved ones caught in the web
of pornography and/or sexual addiction. You
will find sharing, caring, love, hope, and
prayer to help you daily walk out the Lord's
plan for your life. |
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Pain
of Porn www.thepainofporn.com
This site is for everyone who has been seduced
into believing that pornography is a casual
form of entertainment that eases your mind
when you are stressed. It deals specifically
with porn addiction of all kinds. |
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Porn Free www.porn-free.org
Porn Free helps people discover the truth
about pornography, sexual addictions, masturbation,
illicit sex, online affairs, prostitution,
and phone sex. If you think you are addicted
or know someone who is, this site may be helpful
to you. |
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Pure Desire Ministry International
www.puredesire.org
Pure Desire Ministry is devoted to healing men and women who have become addicted to sexual behaviors harmful to their social, family and spiritual well being. The ministry puts on the Sexy Christian seminar. It consists of three one hour sessions discussing the Passion, the Partnership, and the Power of Sexy Christians. |
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Pure
Intimacy: addressing online sexual temptation
www.purintimacy.org
A ministry site of Focus on the Family.
It provides a Christian theology of sexuality,
origins of homosexuality, sexual healing,
dealing with lust, intimacy disorders and
addictions, the subtle dangers of pornography
and much more. |
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Pure
Life Ministries www.purelifeministries.org
This is a live-in as well as a phone ministry
to men who struggle with sexual addictions. |
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Pure
Online www.pureonline.com
To enable men and women to conquer sexual
issues like pornography addiction and sex
addiction and regain control of their lives.
The primary objective of Pure Online is to
enable a speedy and effective recovery for
men and women dealing with Internet pornography
and other sex-related addictions in the most
confidential and professional manner possible.
It is the first, online, confidential, streaming-video
solution for dealing with pornography addiction. |
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Pure
Passion www.purepassion.us
This website has half-hour video testimonies
on the subjects of pornography, sexual addiction,
pedophilia, child sexual abuse, homosexuality,
adultery, abortion, child sex trafficking |
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Safe Families www.safefamilies.org
This site offers invaluable tools to
aid in addressing online pornography: training
for churches, help for sexual strugglers and
ways to better protect your family |
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Sexaholics Anonymous www.sa.org
SA is a fellowship of men and women who
share their experience, strength, and hope
with each other so that they may solve their
common problem and help others to recover.
This organization is not allied with any sect,
denomination, or institution. The only requirement
for membership is a desire to stop lusting
and become sexually sober. |
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Sex
Help www.sexhelp.com
Site created by psychologist and author, Dr.
Patrick Carnes, to help those affected by
sexual addiction and compulsivity, whether
it be the addict or the friend or loved one
of the addict. The site will provide new insights
into sexual addiction and resources for recovery. |
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Sex
& Love Addicts Anonymous www.slaafws.org
It is a Twelve Step - Twelve Tradition oriented
fellowship based on the model pioneered by
Alcoholics Anonymous |
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Sex
Addicts Anonymous www.sexaa.org
SSA is a fellowship of men and women who share
their experience, strength and hope with each
other so they may overcome their sexual addiction
and help others recover from sexual addiction
or dependency |
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S-Anon
www.sanon.org
The S-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship
of relatives and friends of sexually addicted
people who share their experience, strength
and hope in order to solve their common problems. |
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Sexual
Compulsiveness Anonymous www.sca-recovery.org
A fellowship of men and women who share their
experience, strength and hope with each other,
that they may solve their common problem and
help others to recover from sexual compulsion.
The only requirement for membership is a desire
to stop having compulsive sex. Our primary
purpose is to stay sexually sober and to help
others to achieve sexual sobriety. |
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Stone Gate Resources www.stonegateresources.com
Dr. Harry Schaumburg, director, is author
of False Intimacy - Understanding the
Struggle of Sexual Addiction. They offer
10-day retreats with brief intensive counseling
- providing opportunity for restoration.
Particular emphasis on ministry to pastors
and Christian leaders. |
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Transformed
Life www.shelleylubben.com
Shelley Luben is a transformed porn star.
This site is for porn addicts, their spouses,
teens addicted to porn, prostitutes, pornographers,
porn stars, sexual abuse survivors, persons
exposed to pornography and anyone suffering
from emotional and mental poor health. |
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The
Verso Group www.theversogroup.com
The Verso Group offers a safe place to gather
together and walk honestly with others. A
place to allow caring intimacy to enter the
pain we hide and invite healing. A place to
stop and turn. |
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Victims of Pornography www.victimsofpornography.org
This ministry is a project sponsored
by Citizens
for Community Values designed to help
our society see that pornography is not victimless.
Pornography and sexual addiction are effecting
our families, friends, communities and our
self worth. Victims can be women being treated
as mere sex objects, daughters with a loss
of innocence, abused children, and men and
women who feel trapped. |
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Wholehearted
Ministry www.wholehearted.org
Our mission is to cultivate a new sexual revolution
that builds a passionate and responsible sexual
culture by promoting and modeling timeless
sexual values. |
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Wifeboat www.wifeboat.com
Wifeboat is a blog for wives who are impacted by their husband's sexual sin and need a place of community. Women are invited to comment. |
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XXXChurch
xxxchurch.com
The site is hip, relevant, irreverent, honest,
fun, and designed for people just like you.
Provides an online recovery workshop consisting
of 15 streaming video lessons and a workbook
that guides you through the 30-day program.
today. XXX provides Safe Eyes internet filter. |
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Abuse |
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Good-Touch/Bad-Touch®
www.goodtouchbadtouch.com
excellent website about sexual abuse,
signs & symptoms, how to report abuse,
and more information regarding their curriculum
- Good-Touch/Bad-Touch. |
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Your
Body Belongs to You
children's book by Teri
Weidner (Illustrator), Cornelia
Maude Spelman |
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Administration
for Children & Families
How to report sexual abuse. If you suspect
that a child is being abused or neglected,
you should call your local Child Protective
Services ( CPS ) agency or the CPS agency
in the State in which the abuse occurred.
Lists numbers to call in each state. U.S.
Dept. of Health & Human Services. |
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Bursting
the Bubble www.burstingthebubble.com
Has someone touched your private parts or
made you touch theirs? It can also include
rape, or other things that make you feel uncomfortable
(e.g. making sexual comments, making you watch
them masturbate, rubbing their body against
you in a sexual way, trying to tongue kiss
you, or making you look at sexual pictures
or videos). This site covers all of these
issues. |
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Broken
Yoke www.brokenyoke.org
This ministry reaches out to those who have
experienced the great pain of being sexually
abused as well as to the offender. |
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Christians
for Biblical Equality www.cbeinternational.org
Christians for Biblical Equality is a
non-profit organization comprised of individual
and church members from more than 80 denominations
who believe that the Bible, properly interpreted,
teaches the fundamental equality of men and
women of all ethnicities and all economic
classes, based on the teachings of scripture
as reflected in Galatians 3:28: There is neither
Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor
free, there is neither male nor female; for
you are all one in Christ Jesus. |
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Living
Hope Ministries www.livehope.org
This web site exists out of a love and
concern for those who have suffered or are
presently suffering the many faces of abuse.
It exists to offer hope. It exists to help
lead damaged souls and crushed spirits to
the Truth.
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AACC
American Association of Christian Counselors
www.aacc.net
AACC is committed to assisting Christian
counselors and the entire ‘community
of care,’ licensed professionals, pastors,
and caring church members with little or no
formal training. It is our intention to equip
clinical, pastoral, and lay care-givers with
Biblical truth and psycho-social insights
that ministers to hurting persons and helps
them move to personal wholeness, interpersonal
competence, mental stability, and spiritual
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Book:
The
Wounded Heart by Dan B.
Allender
"The Wounded Heart" is a classic
text on the understanding and treatment of
the sexual abuse victim. Dan Allender writes
from a foundation of biblical insight, psychological
research, and counseling experience. |
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Book:
Counseling
Survivors of Sexual Abuse
by Diane Langberg
This powerful book deals with the issue of
how Christians, especially those called to
counsel, can help survivors of sexual abuse
find healing and hope. From 20 years of experience,
the author demonstrates how counselors can
walk alongside people deeply wounded by sexual
abuse as they face the truth about who they
are, who their abuser was, and who God is
as the Savior and Redeemer of all life. Counseling
Survivors of Sexual Abuse issues a strong
call to the church at large to walk with survivors
through the long dark nights of their healing. |
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| General
Recovery Programs for Churches |
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Celebrate
Recovery www.celebraterecovery.com
Celebrating God's healing power by working through
8 recovery principles toward freedom from addictive,
compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. A relationship
with a personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power,
Jesus Christ, is the way to freedom. (Pastor John
Baker,founder) |
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Living
Waters www.desertstream.org/index.htm
Living Waters is an in-depth, Christ-centered program
for people seeking healing in areas of sexual and
relational brokenness. |
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| Websites
Featuring Magazine and Journal Articles on Sexuality/Homosexulaity
and Religion |
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Robert
Gagnon www.robgagnon.net
Rob is an Associate Professor of New Testament
at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. As a service
to the church his website provides a large amount
of free material dealing with Scripture and homosexuality. |
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Lauren
Winner www.laurenwinner.net
Winner is an author and public speaker. Her
book Real Sex balances a journalistic
report of how difficult chastity is for American
Christians; a personal account of how she and her
friends have approached premarital and marital sex;
a survey of what the Bible, pastors and good Christian
books say about the topic; and an overview of how
chastity has been understood throughout Christian
history. |
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Journal
of Human Sexuality www.leaderu.com/jhs
A journal containing articles on homosexuality from
a Christian perspective. |
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Venus
Magazine www.venusmagazine.org
A ministry led by Charlene Cothran, the mission
of Venus Magazine is to encourage, educate and assist
those who desire to leave a life of homosexuality.
Its ultimate mission is to win souls for Christ,
and to do so by showing love to all God’s
people. |
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Probe
Minisitres www.probe.org
Probe's mission is to present the Gospel to communities,
nationally and internationally, by providing opportunities
to integrate faith and learning through balanced,
biblically based scholarship. This ministry has
very good resources to address the pro-gay agenda. |
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Mission
America www.missionamerica.com
Mission:America is dedicated to bringing the truth
to America, covering trends in the culture omitted
by the mainstream media. This organization deals
with high school homosexual clubs, gay-straight
alliances (GSA), same-sex marriage, bisexuality. |
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Voice of Revolution voiceofrevolution.askdrbrown.org
It is the online magazine of the ministry of Dr. Michael Brown, devoted to helping equip, strengthen, and mobilize all Jesus-people. Excellent articles on homosexuality and sexual brokenness. |
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AIDS Ministry Network www.homelandministries.org/AIDSministry/
A ministry of the Disciples of Christ
to help support existing AIDS-related ministries
and inspire others to create such ministries.
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Ark
of Refuge www.arkofrefuge.org/guidebook.html
This is a pastor's guidebook for HIV/AIDS
ministry within the local church |
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CrossRoads
www.crossroadslink.org
This ministry provides educational, health
and spiritual solutions to communities devastated
by social crises like HIV/AIDS. By upholding
Jesus as the role model for character, CrossRoads’
powerful educational strategy equips leaders
to address the whole person. |
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He Intends Victory www.heintendsvictory.com
Since1990 this is a worldwide Christian
ministry to those affected by AIDS. |
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HIV/AIDS
Toolkitwww.purposedriven.com/en-US/HIVAIDSCommunity/HIV_homepage.htm
Produced by Rick and Kay Warren (Purpose Driven
Life) Be a champion for those with no voice
in your community and around the world. The
Toolkit: What Your Church Can will provide
you with all you need to start an HIV/AIDS
ministry in your church. Includes a Resource
CD and DVD. |
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HIV-AIDS
Ministry http://gbgm-umc.org/health/aids/
This is a network of United Methodists and
others who care about the global HIV/AIDS
pandemic and those whose lives have been affected
by AIDS |
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HIV
and AIDS ministry
http://ucc.org/health/hivaids
A ministry of the United Church of Christ,
it creates resources for HIV education and
prevention, provides technical assistance
to local church settings to develop HIV/AIDS
programs and participates in public policy
advocacy |
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HIV
and AIDS ministries
http://www.elca.org/aids
A ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America (ELCA), it is developing a national
church strategy on HIV and AIDS. |
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International
AIDS ministry
http://www.pcusa.org/aids-international
A ministry of the Presbyterian Church USA,
it helps the local church learn how it can
respond to this international crisis. |
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Moravians
and HIV/AIDS
www.moravianmission.org
The Board of World Mission is committed to
supporting our partner provinces as they confront
the HIV/AIDS epidemic |
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National
Episcopal AIDS Coalition http://www.neac.org/articles/000187.html
A ministry of the Episcopal Church responding
to AIDS worldwide |
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ONE
www.one.org
ONE is non-partisan campaign to make global
health and extreme poverty foreign policy
priorities in our national election. AIDS
drugs can now cost as little as $1 a day.
Americans from every state and walk of life
have added their voices to ONE. |
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Realize
AIDS www.realizeaids.org
A ministry of the Menlo Park Presbyterian
Church, Menlo Park, CA. It's goal is to help
the church "Realize the tragedy of AIDS"
and "Realize the church's potential"
through service, awareness activities, and
prayer. |
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World
Vision AIDS and Hope Response www.wvi.org/wvi/aids/global_aids.htm
Launched in December 2000, it is a global
response to the AIDS/HIV epidemic |
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Trafficing |
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Bilateral
Safety Corridor Coalition www.bsccoalition.org
It is an alliance of over 60 government and nonprofit
agencies in the United States and Latin America
that is convened in and along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Region to combat slavery and human trafficking. |
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Child
Sex Tourism http://vachss.com/help_text/sex_tourism.html
World Vision's excellent resource list on sex trafficing
around the world |
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Coalition
for Trafficing in Women www.catwinternational.org
Founded in 1988, CATW was the first international
non-governmental organization to focus on human
trafficking, especially sex trafficking of women
and girls |
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ECPAT
International www.ecpat.net
In Thailand it is an agency that desires to End
Child Prostitution Pornography and Trafficking |
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Free
for Life Ministries www.freeforlifeministries.com
It is a non-profit faith based organization that
exists to bring deliverance in the name of Jesus
Christ to those who suffer abuse from the global
trade in human trafficking |
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Human
Trafficking www.humantrafficking.org
The Ministry of Public Health, amongst other responsibilities,
provides health services to Thai prostitutes and
exploited women. The Ministry attempts to keep track
of women in sex establishments, educate them about
STDs and encourage condom use in these establishments. |
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Initiative
Against Sex Trafficing www.iast.net/
IAST is a partnership of organizations (spearheaded
by The Salvation Army National Headquarters) united
in their desire to abolish the sexual trafficking
of women and children -- one of the largest and
most destructive routes into slavery in the world
today. |
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International
Justice Mission www.ijm.org
IJM exists to protect people from violent forms
of injustice (e.g. sex trafficing) by securing rescue
and restoration for victims and accountability for
perpetrators, ensuring that public justice systems
work for the poor. |
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National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
www.missingkids.com
A resource for parents and communities dealing with
the issue of missing children |
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Physicians
for Human Rights www.physiciansforhumanrights.org
Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals
to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes
the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized
skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public
health specialists, and scientists, PHR investigates
human rights abuses (e.g. sex trafficing) and works
to stop them. |
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Polaris
Project www.polarisproject.org
Founded to combat human trafficking in the United
States and abroad. It has pioneered many innovative
approaches in the anti-trafficking movement, including
direct outreach and victim identification methodologies,
leadership development, providing direct services
and shelter to victims of all types of human trafficking |
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Prostitution
Research and Education www.prostitutionresearch.com
A nonprofit organization that conducts research
on prostitution, pornography and trafficking. PRE’s
goal is to abolish the institution of prostitution
while at the same time advocating for alternatives
to trafficking and prostitution - including emotional
and physical healthcare for women in prostitution |
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Sex
Industry Survivors www.sexindustrysurvivors.com
A program of Voices for Justice it is dedicated
to helping survivors of sexual exploitation. Sex
Industry Survivors Anonymous (a 12-step program)
was founded in 1997 |
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Sex
Workers Project www.sexworkersproject.org
It is the first program in New York City and in
the country to focus on the provision of legal services,
legal training, documentation, and policy advocacy
for sex workers. |
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Shared
Hope International www.Sharedhope.org
Shared Hope International exists to rescue and restore
women and children in crisis. We are leaders in
a worldwide effort to prevent and eradicate sex
trafficking and slavery through education and public
awareness. |
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Silver
Braid www.thesilverbraid.org
Its goal is to help bring healing to those that
have been victims of sexual exploitation and human
trafficking. It networks throughout the United States
to help locate victims of sexual exploitation and
provide them with the services that help prevent
re-victimization |
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World
Vision - Sex Trafficing https://www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.863
and www.stopchildtourism.org
World Vision is actively seeking to respond in reducing
the trafficking of children and to assist those
who are already victims of this trade within and
across a number of countries in Europe, Africa and
Asia. |
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| PC-USA
Related Organizations |
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Knox
Fellowship www.knoxfellowship.com
This ministry seeks to equip PCUSA church
ministries for effective evangelism and discipleship
through church-wide weekend renewal and training
events. |
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Outreach
Foundation www.theoutreachfoundation.org
A validated mission within the PCUSA. This
ministry helps Presbyterians discover that
mission is not a program of the church, but
the purpose of the church; that evangelism
is not just a part of mission, but the heart
of mission. |
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Presbyterian
Church (USA) www.pcusa.org
official website of the Presbyterian Church
USA |
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Presbyterian
Coalition www.presbycoalition.org
The Presbyterian Coalition is a movement
- people committed to life and transformation
in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by exalting
Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, energizing
its congregations and upholding historic
biblical leadership standards. |
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PFFM
www.theologymatters.com
Publishers of Theology Matters
- an excellent resource. Presbyterians for
Faith, Family and Ministry (PFFM) is working
to restore the strength and integrity of
the Presbyterian Church(USA)'s witness to
Jesus Christ as the only Lord and Savior,
by helping individual Presbyterians develop
a consistent Reformed Christian worldview.
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Presbyterians
for Renewal www.pfrenewal.org
better known as PFR, OneByOne has formed
a high level partnership with this organization.
Though we have a separate Board of Directors
and are financially independent, we seek
to work together and promote one another's
ministries. PFR's mission is to participate
in God's renewing, transforming work in
the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). |
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Presbyterian
Frontier Fellowship www.pff.net
PFF is ministry of the PCUSA that is committed
to reach the final frontiers of mission.. |
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Presbyterian
Lay Committee www.layman.org
Publishers of The Layman. |
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Presbyterians
Pro-Life www.ppl.org
committed to protecting the right to life
of every human being from the moment of conception
to the moment of natural death. |
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Presbyterian
Action for Faith and Freedom www.ird-renew.org
This organization is a part of an ecumenical
alliance of U.S. Christians working to reform
our churches' social witness, in accord with
biblical and historic teachings, thereby contributing
to the renewal of democratic society at home
and abroad. |
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Presbyterians
- Reformed Ministries International
www.prmi.org
This organization is attempting to ignite
the Church in Power of the Holy Spirit under
the authority of Scripture through prayer,
leadership development, congregational renewal
and mission outreach |
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Presbyterians
for Faith, Family and Ministry www.theologymatters.com
A ministry working to restore the strength
and integrity of the Presbyterian Church USA’s
witness to Jesus Christ as the only Lord and
Savior, by helping individual Presbyterians
develop a consistent Reformed Christian world
view. |
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Presbyterian
Forum www.pforum.org
A national organization that biblically critiques
the Presbyterian USA culture through seminars,
conferences, and academic resources. |
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Voices
of Orthodox Women www.vow.org
A network of Presbyterian women and men who
are committed to the reformation and renewal
within the PCUSA. |
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Westminster
Fellowship www.westminsterfellowship.org
The purpose is to develop, organize, support,
and encourage faithful Presbyterian leaders
who are qualified to teach others. |
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