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WHEATON, Illinois, September 29, 2011  - Therapists who favor normalizing homosexuality say that it is impossible to change sexual orientation, and that the attempt to change is inherently harmful. However, the final results of a long-term study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy has joined hundreds of other studies in concluding that such therapy is both possible and potentially well-indicated for many individuals. Psychologists Stanton L. Jones of Wheaton College and Mark A. Yarhouse of Regent University are the authors of  the longitudinal study , which tracked individuals who sought sexual orientation change through involvement in a variety of Christian ministries affiliated with Exodus International . The authors note that the study overcomes a primary criticism of same-sex attraction ( SSA ) therapy data - that the results are not adequately documented over a period of time - by assessing its 98 candidates over a period of six to seven ...

Image via Wikipedia Willow Creek Community Church 's formal relationship with Exodus International has ended. While the decision to part ways dates back to 2009, news that the South Barrington megachurch had cut ties with Exodus, the world's largest ministry addressing homosexuality , did not  surface  until late June. Scott Vaudrey of the elder response team said in writing that Willow Creek's decision was not intended as a social or political statement, but rather an indication of "a season of reviewing and clarifying some of our affiliations with outside organizations." Alan Chambers , president of Exodus, disagrees. "The choice to end our partnership is definitely something that shines a light on a disappointing trend within parts of the Christian community," he said, "which is that there are Christians who believe like one another who aren't willing to stand with one another, simply because they're afraid of the backlash people will...