Lutheran Brethren Seminary's J-Term, beginning January 18th, explores the topic of homosexuality. Speakers include Dr. David Glesne, Dr. Mark Yarhouse, Rev. Dan Borsheim and Dr. Kirk Militzer.

Monday, January 18
1:00 - 2:30 Dr. David Glesne - "The Biblical Truth about Homosexuality"
3:00 - 4:30 Dr. David Glesne - "Loving Our Homosexual Neighbor"

Tuesday, January 19
8:00 - 9:30 Dr. Mark Yarhouse - "The ‘Nature-Nurture' Question"
10:30 - 12:00 Dr. Mark Yarhouse - "The ‘Reparative Therapy' Question"
1:00 - 2:30 Rev. Dan Borsheim - Process Session
3:00 - 4:30 Dr. Kirk Militzer - "Helping Our Teens and Young Adults to Respond Biblically to Homosexuality"

Wednesday, January 20
8:00 - 9:30 Rev. Dan Borsheim - "When Homosexuality Hits Home"
10:30 - 12:00 Rev. Dan Borsheim - "Referring: The Pastor-Therapist Team"

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Registration Information

You may register by
calling (218) 739-3375 or by email at lbs@lbs.edu

Tuition $10/session or $75.00 for the conference

Special Note:
Retired pastors and their wives are welcome to attend the lectures tuition free.
Registered Seminary students and their spouses may attend the lectures tuition free.

Speakers

Dr. David Glesne:
Dr. David Glesne is a native Minnesotan who received a B.A. from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, a M. Div. from Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, and a D. Min. degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has been a pastor of churches in Illinois, California and Minnesota. He currently serves as senior pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Fridley, Minnesota. He also serves on the faculty of the Master's Institute, a graduate level seminary in the Minneapolis - St. Paul area. He is the author of Understanding Homosexuality: Perspectives for the Local Church, in which he assesses the biblical, theological, historical, social-scientific and pastoral issues surrounding the homosexuality debates. The book has been recently published in Polish. He and his wife, Mona, have four grown children.

Dr. Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D.

• Hughes Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice
• Professor of Psychology
• Director, Institute for the Study of Sexual Identity, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA 

Rev. Dan Borsheim | Read the article by Rev. Borsheim >

• Director and Pastoral Counselor, Valley Christian Counseling Center
• B.S. in Family Relations and Child Development, NDSU
• M. Div., Western Seminary, Portland, OR

Dr. Kirk Militzer

• M. Div., Lutheran Brethren Seminary
• D. Min, Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN
• Pastor of Youth and Families for 19 years
  Triumph Lutheran Brethren Church
  Moorhead, MN

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