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| rdfs:comment | - Courage UK (originally named Courage Trust), was founded in February 1988 by Jeremy Marks as a Christian ministry to the gay and lesbian community. This was a pioneering ministry in the UK, where few in the Church had ever reached out to try and understand gay people. However, its premise was that homosexuality was problematic and the practice of it abhorrent. More unique was the fact that Jeremy Marks was himself gay and acknowledged that as a struggle.
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| abstract | - Courage UK (originally named Courage Trust), was founded in February 1988 by Jeremy Marks as a Christian ministry to the gay and lesbian community. This was a pioneering ministry in the UK, where few in the Church had ever reached out to try and understand gay people. However, its premise was that homosexuality was problematic and the practice of it abhorrent. More unique was the fact that Jeremy Marks was himself gay and acknowledged that as a struggle. Courage UK was aligned as a member organisation of Exodus International - one of the leading organisations in the "ex-gay" movement. While Courage UK always offered pastoral care and support it also taught that with much effort, prayer, understanding and support a person could "come out" of homosexuality. This meant not only changing sexual practice but the potential to change sexual preference and go from gay to straight. This teaching was very popular amongst the mainstream evangelical church and remains the majority position today.
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