proven to be deficient, and I promoted ministry interventions that had the capacity to cause much personal harm to the individual. Though not aware at the time, I have come to see that many ex-gay ministries inflated the claims of these theories and promoted personal testimonies to support their convictions that God would redeem gay people in the manner that fit their paradigms. Having learned from these mistakes, I now want to help the church do better. One of the hallmarks of evangelicalism, and