A Ministry Offering Hope to Individuals, Families, and Churches Impacted by Same-Sex Attraction & Gender Dysphoria
Hello, friends of Alive in Christ! If you’re reading this newsletter, I can probably rightly assume you are a Christian. At some point, you will encounter someone with same-sex attraction (SSA) or who identifies as a gay or transgender Christian … Continued
A Ministry Offering Hope to Those Impacted by Same-Sex Attraction & Gender Dysphoria Vol. 96, January/February 2026 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur … Continued
“A War of Loves” by David Bennett was originally reviewed on my personal Instagram page on August 7th, 2020. This book was mentioned by someone at Alive in Christ. When I saw it is available through the library’s audio book … Continued
“Born Again This Way” by Rachel Gilson – this book reviews was originally posted on my personal site June 20, 2020. This was a fantastic book about Rachel’s journey of coming out as gay, coming to know Jesus Christ as … Continued
I will be adding some book reviews here that I posted on my personal website. This was originally posted August 19, 2020. “Washing & Waiting, Updated Edition” I listened to this book several years ago, as many of the guys … Continued
A Ministry Offering Hope to Those Impacted by Same-sex Attraction & Gender Dysphoria Vol. 95, November/December 2025 We come to you this holiday season, extremely grateful. 2025 has been a humbling yet powerful year for Alive in Christ. We hosted … Continued
Hello, friends of Alive in Christ! In this newsletter, I’d like to share with you a story from someone who has been attending one of our support groups. Janie contacted Alive in Christ over a year ago from outside the … Continued
As I (Brenna Kate Simonds) typed the date for this newsletter, I realized it had been 25 years since I began to make Jesus Lord over my sexuality. It has been a long journey! I was just 15 when I … Continued
We currently don’t have any open trainings scheduled. If you would like to host an Alive in Christ training seminar, please contact us! You can see below what our two main trainings cover. “Same-Sex Attraction & the Church” covers: “Equipping Youth … Continued
We come to you this holiday season, extremely grateful. Alive in Christ has had another amazing year of growth! We hired an administrative assistant and a bookkeeper, and hosted our 1st ever Alive in Christ fall retreat with almost 30 … Continued
We are just back from our fall retreat! There were about 30 of us there, mostly from Alive in Christ, with some from Higher Ground Ministries (New York City) and ReCreation Ministries (Douglas, MA). We worshipped in song, heard challenging … Continued
Hello, friends of Alive in Christ! Thank you so much for praying for the recent CCCC Annual Gathering. Alive in Christ is a direct successor to a ministry founded in 1984 at Park Street Church in downtown Boston, and Park … Continued
Hello, friends of Alive in Christ, We recently had an Alive in Christ social gathering! Participants in our support groups got together to hang out, eat food, and encourage one another. This is the first time in our ministry history … Continued
“Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.” Psalm 107:2-3 We’re thrilled today to share with you the testimony of one of our … Continued
The ministry of Alive in Christ was recently featured in a US Missions newsletter. You can read the article below. GRACE-EMPOWERED, HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRED, WHOLE CHOICES“We live in a world that is telling people they were born this way; this … Continued
A few years back, we created a training entitled “Speaking to Youth about LGBTQ+ Issues” at the request of a local church. It’s quickly become our most popular training. The importance of education around these issues can be seen in … Continued
Alive in Christ Newsletter Vol. 74, May/June 2022 Hello, friends of Alive in Christ! When you receive this letter, Gay Pride Month will be ending. During June, our ministry participants are bombarded with everything being turned into a rainbow: bank … Continued
Our director, Brenna Kate Simonds, was recently featured in an article at AG.org. Read that article here.
At the beginning of 2018, the church I (Brenna Kate Simonds) attend invited us to read through the Bible in a year, using the Message paraphrase. I didn’t have a copy, so I decided to use The Living Bible (TLB) … Continued
Today, we bring the story of Trixie, who attended the ministry 4 years ago. Since she moved out of the area, we have kept in touch, and I’m thrilled to have her share with you today! By the grace of … Continued
Originally posted in our July/August 2019 newsletter “I was tired of living life broken, not knowing who I was.” Today, our testimony from someone who attended Alive in Christ will be slightly different. First, we will hear from a young … Continued
Originally published in our May/June 2019 newsletter The following testimony comes from a young man who contacted us fairly soon after graduating from college. Raised in a Christian home, he had a history of struggling with same-sex attraction. We were … Continued
Another entry in D. C. Mattson’s series Letters to Christopher: On the subject of Same Sex Attraction