News and World Report, Associated Press, Deseret News, The Christian Post, Rolling Stone, Mashable and Vice, and he’s been a guest for numerous radio interviews throughout the country.
Johnston has been interviewed by top media outlets including CBS Sunday Morning, The New York Times, U.S. In addition, he served as executive director of ministries in Baltimore and San Diego, helping men and women move toward God’s design for healthy sexuality. Since then, he has shared the story of God’s transforming power with churches, youth groups, schools and the news media.īefore joining Focus, Johnston served as a director on the boards of Exodus International and Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), ministries dedicated to providing resources and support for men and women with unwanted same-sex attractions, and for their churches and families. While working as a youth intern at a church in San Diego, he attended a conference, “Hope and Healing for the Homosexual,” which began his journey of healing and change. Though raised in a Christian home and actively involved in his church growing up, Johnston struggled for years to reconcile his Christian faith with his same-sex attractions and sexual addiction.
Jeff Johnston works as a culture & policy analyst, researching and writing about a variety of subjects including marriage, homosexuality, and healthy sexuality.
#FREE MOTION BACKGROUNDS FOR WORSHIP VIMEO FREE#
Michael Brown puts it succinctly, “If Jesus has changed your life and set you free from homosexual practice, your testimony is not welcome on Vimeo - not now, not ever.” Vimeo’s website says the company “empowers video creators to tell exceptional stories, and connect with their audiences and communities.” The company has made it clear, however, that exceptional stories of the gospel’s power to set people free from homosexuality or gender confusion are not allowed.Īuthor and talk show host Dr. In 2018, Vimeo closed the account of Church United, a California organization that equips pastors and churches to change and shape “the moral culture of our communities.” Five of their 89 videos focused on California Assembly Bill 2943, legislation that threatened Christian groups with lawsuits for proclaiming a biblical view of homosexuality.David Kyle Foster, the ministry’s Executive Director, noted that Vimeo hosts other accounts with violent and sexual images, but shut down his videos designed to “help sexual abuse victims, people who have been sex trafficked, those who are addicted or in any other condition that causes them distress.” Foster eventually posted all his videos on YouTube. In 2017, Vimeo shut down Pure Passion Ministries account, which had over 850 videos proclaiming healing from pornography and sex addiction male and female homosexuality transgenderism and sex trafficking.In 2015, the Restored Hope Network, a network of ministries that helps people with unwanted homosexuality, was advertising its annual “Hope Conference.” Vimeo first took down the advertisements, then closed the ministry’s account in 2016.This isn’t the first time Vimeo closed the account of a Christian organization supporting those leaving homosexuality. Later, those sermons were restored, but not the conference videos. Initially, all the church’s videos were removed, including hundreds of sermons unrelated to the subject of homosexuality or transgenderism. The company said that videos or accounts may be removed if they “make derogatory or inflammatory statements about individuals or groups of people.” Evidently holding to a biblical view of sexuality is considered “derogatory or inflammatory.” The letter continued, “We also forbid content that promotes Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE).” Several individuals told their stories of finding freedom from homosexuality or transgenderism.Ī letter from Vimeo to the church said the videos were removed for violating the company’s terms of service or guidelines. The God’s Voice conference featured worship by Dennis Jernigan and speakers such as radio host Janet Mefford and First Stone Executive Director Stephen Black. The church’s video channel was closed after it posted videos from a conference held at the church, “God’s Voice: A Biblical Response to the Queering of the Church.” First Stone Ministries, which provides help and support for those struggling with unwanted homosexuality and other sexual sins, sponsored the event. The video-hosting platform Vimeo recently shut down the account of Fairview Baptist Church, in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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