Joel 2:25 International
"I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter." - Joel 2:25
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| Founded | 2013 |
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| Type | 501c3 Nonprofit |
| 46-4342662 (EIN) | |
| Headquarters |
P.O. Box 795471 Dallas, Texas 75379 |
| Services | network of in-person and online support groups, video-conferencing, and referrals |
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Official languages
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English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Persian, Polish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Croatian, Macedonian, Japanese, and Chinese |
| Mission | "As a Christian community, we proactively engage and affirm men and women throughout the world who experience same-sex attraction, providing ongoing prayerful support that encourages relational healing, sexual sobriety, and spiritual growth." |
| Website | www |
P.O. Box 795471
Joel 2:25 International is a non-profit ministry organization providing a network of support groups for individuals in the ex-gay movement. Joel 2:25 Internationals holds local in-person meetings in Dallas, Texas and other major US cities as well as daily, weekly, and monthly video-conferences with 27 groups consisting of individual participants from 92 countries.
The organization provides ongoing encouragement and ministry support for men, women, youth, and families with resources and groups meeting in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Macedonian, Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Chinese, and Japanese.
On a monthly basis, Joel 2:25 hosts guest speakers for in-depth topics from ministry, emotional healing, and reparative Therapy. Guest speakers have included Joseph Nicolosi of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) and other leaders from the Restored Hope Network, and the International Healing Foundation. The organization began as a local support group in Dallas, Texas but quickly grew through video-conferencing and social media. Joel 2:25 International, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Texas on November 26, 2013 as a non-profit organization.
Verse 2:25 from the Hebrew Book of Joel states:
"I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter. The great army sent among you."
The organization selected this name "Joel 2:25" because the verse describes healing and restoration. The organization's website states:
"In Joel 2:25, "The hopper, the destroyer, the great cutter, and great army” depict successive waves of scourge after scourge. They did not all come in one year, or two years, but year after year as it states in the plural 'Years.' They destroyed not only one crop, but they completely ate up all buds and seedlings; leaving a barren wasteland that could only be restored with Super-natural intervention. For many of us, the relational wounds and brokenness underlying homosexuality have destroyed multiple years and caused relational wounds that made recovery and healthy affirmation difficult to take-in. God’s promise in Joel 2:25 implies a 'recompense.' He can give us fruitful YEARS as a compensation for those in which the locust ate up the fruits of the earth. This means far more than sexual sobriety and abstinence. It is a healing of emotional wounds and relational brokenness; development of true identity as men of God, fulfillment of needs, and multiple fruitful years of mission and purpose that lead to Joy."
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