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HELP FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS 



Often people hurting the most are not just those who are personally bound in sin, but friends and family who love them. They’re heartbroken over the direction taken by one they care about deeply, and are looking for help in how to love and minister well. It is also essential for them to find emotional support for their own needs, so we have provided information and links to some other ministries designed to help friends and family members.

Online Support Available!

This group is for those individuals who are struggling to know how to walk with their loved-ones who have embraced an LGBTQ+ identity and way of life. 

Watching a loved one travel a destructive path is hard.  In the story Jesus told about the son who set off  for a distant land squandering his  inheritance, we find a grieving father waiting for his return.  We know he watches because Jesus paints the picture with these words (Luke 15:20, NIV) “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and  was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”  
 
Like that father, families in the Waiting Room scan the horizon to catch a glimpse of their loved one’s return; asking God to help them find their way home.  While they hold on, God has a place for  families to gather, to pray for one another, and offer words of hope and encouragement from His Word. Here they learn to to rely on His strength for their journey.  

Waiting Room Ministry hopes you don’t wait alone.  Join us.
  
waitingroomministry.org

Our on-site counseling blends psychological principles with the wisdom of biblical truth to provide professional and compassionate help.

 

We are committed to:


- Helping each person embrace his/her own worth and dignity
- Applying biblical truths and principles as the cornerstone of care
- Providing a complete integration of psychological principles
- Encouraging clients to make life-affirming choices in order to renew their peace, joy and hope

  
hopefortheheart.org
Pure Desire exists to provide hope and freedom from sexual addiction by educating and equipping church leaders in the development of a healing ministry.

Through small group resources for men, women, and teens, on-site or online counseling, training events, and ministry partnerships, Pure Desire is leading the way in the battle for integrity and purity in the church. Pure Desire Ministries International began in the local church, as Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts, the founders, recognized the pervasiveness of sexual struggle in the church. The pat answers of the past only gave men and women a message of “try harder” which kept them isolated in their sin and shame. Over the course of two decades, they developed a strategy that is Biblically-based, clinically informed, and highly successful at creating lasting change. In 2007, Pure Desire became an independent 501c3 aimed at helping the church body across the country and around the world.  
 
puredesire.org
We are here to bring healing, to give hope, to be a redemptive resource in families filled with hurt and shame. Living Stones Ministries is a non-profit, Christ-centered, non-denominational organization dedicated to helping families with issues of homosexuality and transgenderism. Living Stones Ministries is part of a network of ministries around the world–“Proclaiming, educating, and impacting the world with the Biblical truth that freedom from homosexuality is possible when Jesus is Lord of one’s life "Living Stones Ministries takes its name from the Bible verse in I Peter 2:4-5: “As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to Him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
 
help4families.org
"Healing & Recovery." by Floyd Godfrey
 

Many heterosexual young men get discouraged and confused by symptoms of sexualized attachments. Not only might they experience depression, anxiety, addiction, or other mental health challenges, but also confusion about sexuality, identity, and orientation. This workbook is designed to help young men develop clarity and self-awareness around these issues and find a pathway for healing and recovery in their lives.

 
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"The Story of Me" by Stan & Briana Jones
 
This book is designed to help parents answer difficult or embarrassing questions about sex comfortably and truthfully (in age appropriate terms), and to encourage healthy communication between you and your child.
 
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"When Homosexuality Hits Home" 
by Joe Dallas
“There’s something I need to tell you…I’m gay.”
These are hard words to hear from a beloved family member. But as hard as they are to hear, they are also hard for the same-sex-attracted person to utter.
No matter the relationship–parent, child, grandparent, spouse, sibling, or other, that admission will likely mark a change in the way you and your loved one understand each other. These can be difficult waters to navigate, but Joe Dallas knows the rough waters firsthand and offers answers to the questions you need answered.
 

How do I show my love for my same-sex attracted family member and yet remain faithful to the Bible’s admonitions about homosexuality?

Should I attend my loved one’s gay wedding?

What caused his or her homosexuality? Am I to blame?

Can people change their sexual orientation?

From his many years of helping families answer tough questions about homosexuality, Joe Dallas offers you sound, compassionate, and biblically accurate advice as you take a journey you never anticipated.
 

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"When a Loved One Says, "I'm Gay." by Jeff Johnson
 
This is a short, easy to read but very impactful booklet, with practical advice to family members.
Published in downloadable form by Focus on the Family, we pray that this will be a blessing to you.
 
Click here to download the booklet.
"Irreversible Damage" by Abigail Shrier
 

Until just a few years ago, gender dysphoria—severe discomfort in one’s biological sex—was vanishingly rare. It was typically found in less than .01 percent of the population, emerged in early childhood, and afflicted males almost exclusively.

Unsuspecting parents are awakening to find their daughters in thrall to hip trans YouTube stars and “gender-affirming” educators and therapists who push life-changing interventions on young girls—including medically unnecessary double mastectomies and puberty blockers that can cause permanent infertility.

A generation of girls is at risk. Abigail Shrier’s essential book will help you understand what the trans craze is and how you can inoculate your child against it—or how to retrieve her from this dangerous path.

 
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"Treading Boldly Through a Pornographic World"
by Daniel Weiss & Joshua Glaser


Parents today are the first generation to raise kids in a digitally connected, porn-saturated world. Porn can be accessed in locker rooms, cafeterias, classrooms, and bedrooms—anywhere kids have access to digital devices. Worse yet, pornography that was once considered fringe has become increasingly mainstream. All this is misshaping children’s understanding of sexuality, stunting their capacity to process emotions, and crippling their ability to form long-term relationships.


In Treading Boldly through a Pornographic World, Daniel Weiss and Joshua Glaser offer practical and spiritual guidance for parents seeking to help their teens navigate this pornographic digital landscape. Combining the latest research with personal and professional experience to guide families into the goodness for which God created us all, the authors skillfully outline the steps necessary for parents to move beyond merely surviving pornography’s challenges onto a rewarding path where their children can truly thrive.

 
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"TransFormation" by Dr. Linda Seiler
 
Drawing from her academic research and her own eleven-year journey out of transgender desires and same-sex attractions, Dr. Linda Seiler answers questions such as:
· What does the Bible say about sexual orientation and gender identity?
· Are people born gay or trans?
· Why are teenagers adopting LGBTQ identities at alarming rates?
· What about “celibate gay Christians”?
· Does transformation mean all temptation disappears?
· How do we navigate conversations with LGBTQ-identified loved ones?
· Should a Christian attend a gay wedding?
· What about preferred pronouns?
Whether you are a Christian leader, concerned parent, or conflicted adult, Trans-Formation will equip you with a theological, scientific, and restorative response to LGBTQ.
Dr. Linda Seiler has masterfully taken the lessons from her testimony and combined them with biblical principles to provide us with Trans-Formation. It is obvious we are witnessing a serious moral revolution . . . culture pivoting away from a biblical view on human sexuality. This book is timely and a much-needed resource for the church, equipping believers to respond to the LGBTQ issues that we face.
 
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Confidential phone call or online meeting

We are here to help you. You can send us a general message on the contact form to the right, or if you would like to schedule a free, private and confidential phone call or online meeting with Garry Ingraham, please click here