(RNS) — Students at Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist school in Berrien Springs, Michigan, wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that Coming Out Ministries, which recently revealed plans for a new headquarters building outside Andrews’ main entrance, offered counseling for embracing LGBTQ identity.But that’s not the kind of coming out the ministry offers. What Coming Out hopes for their clients is that they will leave behind “gay/homosexual deceptions” to come into the light of Jesus.
“No greater joy has been experienced in our lives than that which has freed us from the chains of homosexuality,” the ministry’s co-founders, Ron Woolsey and Michael Carducci, write on the Coming Out website.
Since learning that Coming Out has purchased the former law office opposite the main entrance to campus, some Andrews students have objected to its opening, which is planned for September.
In November 2023, Erin Beers, a senior psychology student at Andrews, read about Coming Out’s plan in a ministry newsletter, in which the organization touted the “daily” access to Andrews’ students the move would provide.
The newsletter also declared it would offer “the opportunity to work closely with the University in addressing the many issues surrounding the LGBT+ ideology and agenda, from a redemptive perspective.” (In an email to RNS, a university spokesperson said the school has not been in contact with Coming Out.)
In December, Beers wrote an article in Andrews’ student newspaper, an …
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“No greater joy has been experienced in our lives than that which has freed us from the chains of homosexuality,” the ministry’s co-founders, Ron Woolsey and Michael Carducci, write on the Coming Out website.
Since learning that Coming Out has purchased the former law office opposite the main entrance to campus, some Andrews students have objected to its opening, which is planned for September.
In November 2023, Erin Beers, a senior psychology student at Andrews, read about Coming Out’s plan in a ministry newsletter, in which the organization touted the “daily” access to Andrews’ students the move would provide.
The newsletter also declared it would offer “the opportunity to work closely with the University in addressing the many issues surrounding the LGBT+ ideology and agenda, from a redemptive perspective.” (In an email to RNS, a university spokesperson said the school has not been in contact with Coming Out.)
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