Highlights & New Features
by Mike Goeke, Executive VP of Exodus International

What a great week of ministry at the 30th Annual Exodus Freedom Conference! Some of the week’s biggest successes were the ‘panel’ discussions that took place on several afternoons during the week. Panels were put together for parents, men, women, husbands dealing with homosexuality, spouse’s of people dealing with homosexuality and youth ministry issues. Each of the panels was well attended and the panelists fielded great, pertinent questions related to the topics at hand. Based on the feedback from the delegates, these panel discussions (and additional panels dealing with other topics) will likely become a regular fixture at Freedom Conferences to come!

On another note, it was wonderful to hear speakers and testimonies of people who know and understand the beauty and relevance of the Word of God. The speakers were uniformly grounded in Scripture, and it was encouraging to hear that no matter our circumstances, no matter our location, no matter our ‘extra-scriptural’ resources, that the Word of God meets us where we are, and truly does provide us nourishment and sustenance for living and for healing.

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Leadership Update
by Randy Thomas, Director of Membership

Every year we have a Leadership conference and this year’s was phenomenal. Dr. Kathy Koch, Joe Dallas and Genevieve Wood all received great feedback from our Leadership Conference survey. This year’s conference had over 150 Exodus Leaders present. Along with the great teachings, we had our first annual business meeting where attendees had three full hours to talk about what was on their hearts. As a result, we were further knit together in the Spirit of unity and peace.

Fourteen Regional Reps help to work with the almost 130 Member Ministries across North America. This incredible team met for two days prior to the Leadership Conference. During our time together, when we weren’t yelling and laughing together on the high ropes course (picture at left)), the Lord used this incredible wealth of talent to put momentum behind a great project. We were able to hammer out a framework for a comprehensive manual to address “all things” Exodus related. This manual will equip and inform those who are a part of the movement as to who Exodus is and how and why we do what we do. With the amazing talent on this Regional Rep team, our goal is to have this manual finished by next summer. Please pray that we accomplish this under the Lord’s direction, with excellence… and on time!

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eXcape - Youth and Young Adults Update
by Scott Davis, Director of Exodus Youth

Approximately one hundred youth and young adults attended the 30th annual Exodus Freedom Conference in July. They heard five days of great teachings on overcoming homosexuality, participated in small groups, and discovered that they are not alone.

The first night of the conference, during a special welcome reception for youth and young adults, we assigned them to small groups. Each group was led by an Exodus small group leader and met daily to discuss their lives and what they were learning. As a result of these small groups, youth told us they felt much more safe and supported than at previous conferences.

For the first time ever, we held a special youth day with teachers and worship just for the under-25 crowd. The room was packed out as we discussed holding on to God in the midst of painful circumstances and the process of overcoming homosexuality. During our worship times, the youth crowded up front to lift their hands in surrender to Christ. It was a beautiful time!

We heard from youth who attended that they walked away with hope for change, feeling encouraged and not so alone anymore. At future conferences, we will expand the youth venue to reach more youth with the hope of Christ!

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Media Update
by Julie Neils, Director of Communications

In the past few months, Exodus had been undergoing an extreme makeover of sorts in regards to our media operations.

This year, our Annual Freedom Conference saw its highest amount of press attendance. The event was the topic of two front-page stories in the local newspaper and over fifteen media outlets covered it including the Associated Press, World magazine, Time and ABC's 20/20. We are still receiving interview requests from other members of the press who read or saw coverage of the conference.

We are excited to see what God is doing and covet your prayers as we seek to handle these issues in a manner that honors Him.

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Audio Recordings of the Conference Available
The workshops general sessions, testimonies and worship, were recorded for your convenience and can be ordered from CA Tapes online or by calling 1-888-CATAPES.

CA Tapes offers an Online Catalog featuring the 2005 Exodus Freedom Conference materials.

Regeneration Books is also a great resource for books, materials, cds and videos on the topic of homosexuality.

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Some Quick Facts about our Attendees this year:

• 300 registered delegates reported that it was their first conference
• The majority of the remaining delegates were here for their second through fifth conference
• 600 attendees reported religious affiliation with over 17 different denominations or organizations
• We had delegates ranging from under 16 through their 60s
  • 28% of our delegation reported to be in their 40s
  • 24% in their 30s
  • We had around 100 youth (17-25) involved this year
• Ethnic Diversity - 15% of our delegation reported as Hispanic, African American, Asian and other backgrounds
• Marital Statistics: 50% of our surveyed delegation indicated they are single,
  40% reported are married couples
• Gender Distribution - 57% Male or 43% Female

When asked why they had decided to come to the Exodus Conference, nearly 300 of our delegates reported of having a current or previous struggle personally with same-sex attractions. 106 of our delegates attended out of love and desire to understand and help family members and loved ones. Finally, we had 150 attendees who are involved in Exodus Leadership, and 54 who are licensed counselors, pastors, and other professionals interested in this topic.

We were excited to find out that it seemed 42% of our delegates are currently affiliated with one of our Member Ministries. We hope that the remaining percentage were able to find connections, support and encouragement to continue to move forward in the healing process.

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