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Broken Sexuality

Mission and Christian Accountability to Love God and All People
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. 

, 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, and Jae Hoon Lee
Jae Hoon Lee

Jae Hoon Lee is Senior Pastor of Onnuri Church and Chair of the Korea Lausanne Committee.

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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

  • 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. 

  • 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
  • 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
  • ISBN: 9781645086642
  • Vendor: William Carey Publishing
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