VOICE OF THE TURTLE Online - June 14-20, 2004
AWAB Interim Director to Be Ordained this Week
An service of ordination will be held for Daniel Pryfogle, Interim Director of the Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists, Sunday, June 20th at 3:00 p.m. at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland, CA. Daniel served as minister in training at Lakeshore before graduating from the American Baptists Seminary of the West two years ago. Daniel, his wife Chris, and daughters Savannah and Austin live in Cary, NC and are members of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh. In his role as Interim Director, Daniel has been making an effort to contact AWAB pastors, and building bridges in the greater Baptist family. Please join the AWAB Council in congratulating Daniel. You can find out more about Daniel and AWAB Council members on the Council profile page.
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Anything But Straight
Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the
Ex-Gay Myth
Nationally
recognized activist Wayne Besen spent four years examining the
phenomenon of the "ex-gay ministries and reparative therapies -
interviewing leaders, attending conferences and visiting ministries
undercover. as he accumulated hundreds of hours of research. Anything
but gay exposes the the controversial movement that revered by
independent religious groups and reviled by gay and lesbian
organizations. The book presents a historical perspective on the
dispute, examining "ex-gay" groups and profiling the leaders in the
movement, as well as participants in programs.
Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay
Myth is published by Haworth Press,
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