Broken Sexuality

[DESCRIPTION] Holding Truth and Love Together Mission today is both polycentric and multidirectional, resulting in a Christian witness amid diverse—and often conflicting—sexual values. Regardless of the beliefs held by missionaries, agencies, and sending churches, they must discern and apply biblical teaching, despite legal, economic, and international challenges. Broken Sexuality addresses these issues directly, affirming that the gospel of Jesus Christ remains good news for people burdened by sexual shame, guilt, confusion, and loneliness. Based on the 2025 Korean Global Mission Leaders Forum, this books surveys key biblical passages, case studies, and testimonies. Committed to traditional, biblical norms of male-female sexuality and marriage, the forum engaged scientific studies, church-state relations, legal standards, and more. These globally relevant studies show that despite such brokenness, every person can cry out with the apostle Paul, “Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?” The good news is, “Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!” [/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]Mission and Christian Accountability to Love God and All People[/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] Michel G. Distefano, J. Nelson Jennings, Jinbong Kim, and Jae Hoon Lee, editors [/CREDIT] [PAGES] 404 [/PAGES] [BINDING] Paperback [/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2026 [/PUBLISHYEAR] [TOC] Foreword by Christopher J.H. Wright Preface by Jinbong Kim Preface by J. Nelson Jennings Section A: A Biblical and Theological Studies 1. Finding Life in Bodies of Shame Genesis 2:25–3:11 Daniel R. Patterson 2. Finding Life in Bodies of Guilt John 8:2–11 Daniel R. Patterson 3. Finding Life in Bodies of Exclusion Deuteronomy 23:1; Isaiah 56:3–5; Matthew 19:9–12; Acts 8:26–39 Daniel R. Patterson 4. Scripture and Same-Sex Relationships A Conversation Walter Moberly and Chris Wright 5. People Who Exalt Themselves to Be Gods Jeremiah 2:10–13 Jae Hoon Lee 6. 2025 KGMLF Panel 2 Biblical Hermeneutics Moderator Steven S. H. Chang Panelists—Seung-hyun (Nathan) Chung, Han Young Lee,Sungmin Lee, Daniel Patterson, Ed Shaw Section B: Sociological Studies and Legislative Trends 7. Public Opinion, Legislation, and Same-Sex Relations Examining Views across the World and in Ghana, Greece, Brazil,and South Korea Amy Adamczyk Response Myung-Soo Lee 8. Current Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities in Nepal Bal Krishna Sharma Response Hansung Kim 9. Gender Identity, Marriage and Singleness, and Same-Sex Relationships Based on the Seoul Statement of the Fourth Lausanne Congress and the Legislative and Judicial Trends in South Korea Eun-kyung Lee Response Stéphan van der Watt 10. Uganda: Religious, Historical, Social, Political, Legal, and Cultural Realities on Human Sexuality Andrew David Omona Response Jongwoo (Paul) Kim Section C: Scientific and Medical Studies 11. Genetics and Human Sexuality Sung Kil Min Response A Mission Administrator 12. Scientific Perspectives and Ministry Considerations for Families Navigating Gender Discordance Mark Yarhouse and Hana Yoo Response Han Young Lee Section D: Churches, Ministries, and Agencies 13. A Case Study of Homosexuality and Local Church Disaffiliation Jeonghwan Kim Response Jung-Sook Lee 14. Same-Sex Attraction and the Church of England Ed Shaw Response Kyung Hur  15. Serving with Grace and Truth A Christian University's Approach to LGBTQ College Students Ted Song and Keith Jagger Response Yasuko Kanamori and Jeffrey Cornelius-White 16. 2025 KGMLF Panel 1 Church Ministries Moderator—Jung-Sook Lee Panelists—Hyo Seung Cho, Aileen Choi, Jeonghwan Kim,Stéphan van der Watt, Peterson Wangombe, Mark Yarhouse Korean-to-English Translator—Miyon Chung 17. 2025 KGMLF Panel 3 Mission Agencies Moderator—J. Nelson Jennings Panelists—Joko Choi, Hong Joo Kim, Redina Kolaneci,Missionary, Mission Administrators (2), Missionary Parents (2), Yunsung Wang, Seokwon Yoon Korean-to-English Translator—Miyon Chung Section E: Testimonies 18. Discovering God’s Design for Human Sexuality A Missionary 19. Providence, Empathy, Accommodation, and Transformation Han Young Lee 20. Christian Mission and Human Sexuality Peterson Wangombe 21. The Reality of Homosexuality in a Middle Eastern Country Do-keun Kong 22. Family Testimony A Missionary Parent Section F: Summary and Conclusion 23. Summary and Conclusion J. Nelson Jennings Contributors Participants Resources Index [/TOC]