Broken Sexuality
Michel G. Distefano is an independent scholar, KGMLF editor, and former instructor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern religions at McGill University.
J. Nelson Jennings (PhD, Edinburgh University) is vice president of the Korean Global Mission Leaders Forum. He is editor of Global Missiology—English (globalmissiology.org) and is involved in several other online mission research projects, including the Dictionary of Christian Biography in Asia (dcbasia.org) and the Alliance of Mission Researchers and Institutions (amriconnect.net). He and his family served in Japan for thirteen years (1986-1999), first in church planting, then in teaching at Tokyo Christian University. Jennings taught world mission for twelve years at Covenant Theological Seminary (and again since 2018 in an adjunct capacity), served at the Overseas Ministries Study Center (2011-2015), and was a mission consultant for Onnuri Church (2015-2021). He has published numerous books and articles and has also served as editor of Missiology: An International Review and International Bulletin of Missionary [now Mission] Research. Jennings and his wife, Kathy, are both US-Americans and live in Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
Jae Hoon Lee is Senior Pastor of Onnuri Church and Chair of the Korea Lausanne Committee.
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!”
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
Authors
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Michel G. Distefano
Michel G. Distefano
Michel G. Distefano is an independent scholar, KGMLF editor, and former instructor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern religions at McGill University.
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J. Nelson Jennings
J. Nelson Jennings
J. Nelson Jennings (PhD, Edinburgh University) is vice president of the Korean Global Mission Leaders Forum. He is editor of Global Missiology—English (globalmissiology.org) and is involved in several other online mission research projects, including the Dictionary of Christian Biography in Asia (dcbasia.org) and the Alliance of Mission Researchers and Institutions (amriconnect.net). He and his family served in Japan for thirteen years (1986-1999), first in church planting, then in teaching at Tokyo Christian University. Jennings taught world mission for twelve years at Covenant Theological Seminary (and again since 2018 in an adjunct capacity), served at the Overseas Ministries Study Center (2011-2015), and was a mission consultant for Onnuri Church (2015-2021). He has published numerous books and articles and has also served as editor of Missiology: An International Review and International Bulletin of Missionary [now Mission] Research. Jennings and his wife, Kathy, are both US-Americans and live in Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
- Jinbong Kim
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Jae Hoon Lee
Jae Hoon Lee
Jae Hoon Lee is Senior Pastor of Onnuri Church and Chair of the Korea Lausanne Committee.
- Pages: 404
- Publisher:
William Carey Publishing
William Carey Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Publish Year: 2026
- Vendor: William Carey Publishing
