Stephen Black No Longer Leads First Stone Ministries: An Object Lesson On How Leadership Built On Religious Stigma Never Works

This article is not an attack on Stephen. Still, I extract common themes from this situation at FSM to explain my history and opinions about ex-gay leadership's inability to truly "lead."

I would love to say this is a shock, but I saw it coming...

From First Stone Ministries (FSM) (emphasis mine)

The First Stone Ministries Board had no plans in place for what was to unfold for 2023. Stephen Black was our trusted source of information and during lockdowns, the Board did not meet as it should have. At that time, there were three members of t…