by John Smid | Jun 23, 2017 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Parents, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
I’m happy to announce that Boy Erased will soon become a full feature film! A year ago a new book was released called “Boy Erased.” It’s a memoire written by Garrard Conley. The basic premise of the story stems from Garrard’s childhood being one where he...
by John Smid | May 23, 2017 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
13 years ago a young 19 year old man came into a program I was leading called “Love In Action.” He was bright, intelligent, and seemingly lost inside himself. He came with his mom as companion for our two week “non-residential” program with the intention...
by John Smid | Feb 12, 2017 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
Wesley Frank Worthen (1929-2017) On February 11, 2017 Frank Worthen passed from this life into the next. A very controversial figure for most of his life, I met him in 1986 and entered into the controversy myself. Frank was the founder of Love In Action in 1973. Frank...
by John Smid | Aug 17, 2016 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action, MyLifeStory
ExGay Ideology – Costly to the heart, the soul, relationships and the pocketbook! The ExGay movement began in the middle 1970’s. Believing in faith that God could do anything, people who came through the Jesus movement believed that God could deliver gay people from...
by John Smid | Jul 31, 2014 | ExExGay - Conversion Therapy, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action, Uncategorized
I was involved in Love In Action for twenty-two years and served on the board for Exodus International for eleven of those years. I entered the ministry with the hope that as self proclaimed experts in their field, they could help me to eradicate homosexuality from my...
by John Smid | Feb 23, 2012 | ExExGay - I Acknowledge, John's Current Blog, LGBTQ Related Content, Love In Action
For Those I’ve Known Through Love In Action I acknowledge You! I acknowledge that the many changes I have gone through in these years since I left Love In Action, have caused some challenging reactions for some of you. I have retracted some things I have taught...
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