Why is Groundswell important?

Homosexuality is an important and divisive issue in our world today. Few topics garner as much attention in the press, church, and society at large as gay rights, "gay marriage," gay clergy, and other questions related to sexual orientation.

Honest-hearted Christians, for the most part, are not sure how to respond to the onslaught of homosexuality. They hold fast to the commands of Christ to love all people. Yet they cannot let go of the clear call throughout the whole of Scripture to sexual purity, chastity, and monogomous heterosexual marriage.

While good Christians hold back, our students are facing a tidal wave of pressure to accept homosexuality as morally good. Students who struggle with unwanted same-gender sexual attractions are told by the media, peers, and even teachers at school that they must have been born gay, and they should embrace homosexuality. Christian students may hear at church that homosexual sex is morally wrong, but they are told at school that homosexuality is good and only homophobic bigots do not accept homosexuality. Our youth are confused.

We hear from many desperate students who long to overcome their unwanted same-sex attractions, but have been told that their only choice is to accept a gay identity. They respond with grief and depression to the lies that their sexuality is fated and that they have no right or hope of change.

Public schools should not be promoting homosexuality!

In many communities, faculty members have assisted high-school and middle-school students in forming "Gay-Straight Alliances," where gay-identified or questioning youth discuss their sexuality. Some school guidance counselors, acting on misinformation, tell questioning youth that they must be gay, if they have a same-sex attraction, and encourage them to accept their homosexuality rather than seeking change.

How can we respond to homosexuality, especially within our public school systems? How can we provide struggling kids with safety from bullies and abusers, full information on the risks of homosexuality and the truth about the possibility of change? How can we protect parent's rights to guide their children, student's rights to self-determination, freedom of speech and freedom of religion?

In short, how can the truth about homosexuality be lovingly expressed within our public schools?

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.

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.
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