CHANGED Movement
CHANGED is a worldwide network of people who have questioned (or are questioning) their sexuality and have chosen to navigate away from LGBTQ and its social identities. CHANGED was born out of a successful campaign against a California consumer fraud bill (AB2943) that would have limited First Amendment rights in the name of anti-LBGTQ discrimination. Today, in addition to member support and church equipping, CHANGED Movement works with national influencers and policy makers through expert witness testimony, insight on the LGBTQ experience, and through human rights advocacy.
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A better way forward with LGBTQ?
Essay by Elizabeth Woning, Co-founder
I have been forever marked by the years I identified with lesbianism - not simply because of my sexuality, but because of the perspective I gained on human dignity and belonging. When I publicly came out, I entered into a world within a world.
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What does CHANGED Believe About “CHANGE”?
CHANGED was birthed in response to California legislation that discriminated against Christians with an LGBTQ background. Proponents of AB2943 claimed that no one overcomes same-sex sexuality or gender confusion, so Ken Williams and Elizabeth Woning decided to speak out. To bring awareness, they …
Statement of Belief on Biblical Sexuality
This much is clear: we cannot and should not try to “get ourselves together” before we come to Christ—including in the area of our sexuality, which is becoming more confusing than ever before. Jesus is looking for you as one looks for a lost son or daughter. Let Him find you. Fall into His arms.His love is fierce and trustworthy.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CHANGED Movement is an independent 501(c)3 based out of Northern California. It is an independent entity from Bethel, with its own board of elders and unique mission. CHANGED is…
Press Releases
Today, the CHANGED Movement applauds the United States Supreme Court's decision in Chiles v. Salazar, which strikes down Colorado's ban on so-called “conversion therapy” as a violation of the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause. This ruling affirms the rights of licensed counselors to engage in voluntary, client-directed conversations about sexual orientation and gender identity, protecting the freedom of individuals to pursue personal goals aligned with their faith and values.
Every time the press reaches out to CHANGED we do our best to clearly explain our motivations and approaches to LGBTQ culture and its ideologies. Yet, again and again, (left-leaning) journalists refuse to accurately represent us by composing extraordinary misrepresentations. Sometimes, the reporting misses the mark so far that we must speak up. In an effort toward accountability, we are publishing the interaction made between Finbarr Toesland and Elizabeth Woning before publishing his article, “Exporting Conversion Therapy”, in The Progressive.
Here at CHANGED, we are saddened by Jeffrey McCall’s public announcement to return to the identity of Scarlett. At the same time, we refuse to believe that God is finished. Jeffrey is a friend and someone of great value to us and to God. There could be many reasons he has returned to the identity of Scarlett, and we continue to speak privately with him and pray for him as a team.
Please join us in praying for his safety, heart, and life in Christ.
“So-called conversion therapy is a pejorative phrase that is being used to promote state-sanctioned viewpoint discrimination,” Woning told The Epoch Times. “LGBTQ-identifying people deserve the right to follow their conscience, even when it means receiving support to diminish unwanted sexual feelings. Such bans dramatically oversimplify the lived experience of anyone who identifies as LGBTQ. They offer only one route for people to follow, no matter their faith or conscience. And so, anyone who doesn’t endorse Gay Pride for their own life is disallowed counseling that addresses trauma and emotional distress related to their sexual identity. In the end, counseling bans cause harm and simply limit everyone’s freedom.”
Many of us at CHANGED have experienced the pain and hurt portrayed in this film, so we are committed to protecting only safe pathways for those seeking to follow their faith wholeheartedly, including honoring an orthodox biblical sexual ethic.
Whether it’s a ban on counseling choice, the elimination of a free market for faith-based organizations, or granting privileges to transgender women above biological women, Sexual Orientation Gender Identity (SOGI) legislation politicizes sexuality and reduces freedoms.
Our official comment toward the findings of the UN Independent Expert—
“… the UN and other entities continue to suppress and deny our existence and wrongly accuse us of causing harm to our LGBTQ neighbors.”
Christian Post—
We must all see the vision of restoration of our personhood that Christ offers. The goal isn’t “straight” the goal is human, redeemed. Then we will be free from every life-dominating behavior that draws us away from Christ’s vision for human identity, whether in singleness or marriage. Only then can we become the family and the body of Christ that brings healing to the nations—together.
Decision Magazine—
Williams and Woning approached state assembly members, sharing their personal testimonies, but were consistently met with doubt.
“Most were incredulous,” Woning says. “We heard assembly members say, ‘I don’t believe your testimony’ and ‘I don’t believe there are other people like you.’”
Williams and Woning set out to prove that there was indeed a large community of people who have experienced a change in their sexual orientation through an active, personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
On October 30, 2019, men and women formerly identified as LGBTQ, ignored by politicians and the media, came to DC with a message: don’t discriminate against us. While presidential hopefuls discuss LGBTQ rights and counseling censorship laws, Christians who have left the LGBTQ life are told they don’t exist and denied supportive counseling.
Christian Post—
WASHINGTON — Men and women who once identified as LGBT shared their personal stories of transformation with lawmakers Wednesday after the House passed a bill earlier this year that would bar citizens from accessing counseling and therapies for unwanted same-sex attraction.
CBN—
CAPITOL HILL – These days there's so much talk about gay and transgender rights, and passing laws to protect those rights, that a whole other minority is getting ignored: those who've left the gay and transgender lifestyles.
LifeSite News—
June 4, 2019 (Daily Signal) — June has been declared "Pride Month," and we're supposed to celebrate those "coming out" and living a "gay" life.
June 12 will mark the third anniversary of the Pulse gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 dead. Some will no doubt connect those two things to claim America hates people who have same-sex attraction and to make new demands for affirmation of homosexuality.
This is the Live Stream by the California Family Council of our rally against AB2943 on June 12, 2018. This rally was the start of the CHANGED Movement.
LifeSite News—
CALIFORNIA, May 30, 2018 – “People are trying to silence the power of Jesus Christ” through a California bill banning help for those with unwanted same-sex attraction, a man who used to live the gay lifestyle and is now a Christian pastor said.