A recent news story covered by WITN spoke with Ron Elmore, a director of a Exodus Member Ministry called Beyond Imagination, about his life as a former homosexual. The station received a mass of comments back regarding this story and spoke with some who don't agree with Exodus.

Reaction To Ministry That Works To Help Gays Go Straight

November 15, 2007

North Carolina minister Ron Elmore says he lived his life as a gay man for over 20-years. But, then through intense prayer and scriptures, Elmore says God changed him from homosexual to heterosexual.

Elmore said, "I didn't know why. I didn't choose to be homosexual."

Growing up in a North Carolina group home, Elmore says he started to engage in relationships with boys, to feel loved and accepted. But, he says his life as a openly gay man really began after he left the military at the age of 19.

According to Elmore, more relationships and drug abuse followed in the coming years until a co-worker spoke to Elmore about his lifestyle.

He says, "And one day she walked up to me and very calmly and quietly said you need to go back to where your joy is."

Elmore says that meant a Christ-filled life without homosexuality.

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