Günter Baum (born 1960) is an
openly gay man, who founded two
Christian ministries in Germany.
The first organization which Baum founded was Wüstenstrom, which is part of the
ex-gay
The ex-gay movement consists of people and organizations that encourage people to refrain from entering or pursuing same-sex relationships, to eliminate homosexual desires and to develop heterosexual desires, or to enter into a heterosexual re ...
movement. The organization's program was originally based on the U.S. program
Desert 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
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...
theological beliefs to reconcile these two potentially conflicting parts of their identities.
Today, Baum lives as an openly gay man near
Basel
Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...
, Switzerland.
See also
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Ex-ex-gay
References
External links
ZwischenraumMinistry for gay and lesbian Christians
WuestenstromEx-gay ministry
1960 births
Living people
German gay men
German LGBTQ rights activists
LGBTQ Protestants
German evangelicals
People self-identified as ex-ex-gay
Gay Christians
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