- Günter Baum
Günter Baum (born 1960) is an openly
gay man , who founded two religious ministries inGermany .The first organization which Baum founded was "
Wüstenstrom ", which is part of theEx-gay movement. The organization's program was originally based on the U.S. programDesert Stream Ministries , though the group has since changed its philosophy. Eventually, Baum left "Wüstenstrom ".Baum later founded an organization called
Zwischenraum . Zwischenraum is not part of the ex-gay movement, and associates do not attempt to change the sexual orientation of anyone. Instead, Zwischenraum accepts LGBT people as they are, and helps LGBT people who hold evangelical theological beliefs to reconcile these two potentially conflicting parts of their identities.After a few years, Günter Baum left "Wüstenstrom". Today, Baum lives as an openly
gay man , with a malepartner inBasel ,Switzerland .ee also
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Ex-ex-gay External links
* [http://www.zwischenraum.net/ Zwischenraum] Ministry for gay and lesbian Christians (German language site)
* [http://www.wuestenstrom.de/ Wuestenstrom] Ex-gay ministry (German language site)
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