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Response to Amnesty International Report

Response from Core Issues Trust and the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC) We reject Amnesty International’s UK's characterisation of Core Issues Trust and the IFTCC as "anti-rights" organisations. The label is...

Statement by Core Issues Trust and the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC)​ Response to the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill

Core Issues Trust and the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC) oppose abuse, coercion, degrading treatment and every form of unethical practice, whether therapeutic, pastoral or religious. Such conduct has no...

IFTCC Welcomes ‘Not Guilty’ Court decision in first criminal trial of so-called ‘Gay Conversion Practices’

Press Statement For Immediate Release March 4, 2026  The International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice Welcomes ‘Not Guilty’ Court decision in first criminal trial of so-called ‘Gay Conversion Practices’  The International...

X-Out-Loud Broadens Its Reach In Scandinavia

Members of X-Out-Loud travelled to Norway from the 23-29 of April 2024 to testify of God’s work in their lives and to provide extra support and resources for people wanting to leave unwanted gay, lesbian and transgender lives behind for Christ, and...

Belfast Charity Psychologist Warns World Health Organisation Medical Gender Interventions that Include Hormones Do Not Improve Mental Health – and May Worsen It!

Issued by the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice (IFTCC) Press Release For Immediate Release 27 February 2024   BELFAST CHARITY PSYCHOLOGIST WARNS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION MEDICAL GENDER INTERVENTIONS THAT INCLUDE...
Introducing the CIT Africa Project

Introducing the CIT Africa Project

Mike Davidson, CEO Core Issues Trust Attending GAFCON IV, will no doubt go down as a highlight for CIT in 2023. The 2023 GAFCON video report brings the pleasant memories flooding back! There are...

The Gospel, and the Priorities of the Church

The Gospel, and the Priorities of the Church

If, therefore, our practical and pastoral concern is limited to what occurs within the confines of the church – whether its building, programmes, members or activities - we then leave the public...

Ex-lesbian’s testimony: Jesus set me free from sexual sin

CIT Co-worker Kylie Delia describes herself as an ‘ex-lesbian’. Her story is one of joy, encouragement and extraordinary transformation in Jesus Christ. “I use that phrase to show what I’ve come out of,” she explains, “because in Christ, today I am a new creation.”

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Response to National Secular Society Campaign

Core Issues Trust has today responded to the National Secular Society’s (NSS) campaingn to remove charitable status from faith groups which promote advancement of religion as a principal basis of their mission. This follows correspondence between the NSS and The Belfast Telegraph reported in various articles

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CIT Releases 2020 Safeguarding Document

Core Issues Trust has released its 2020 Safeguarding document in the belief that Preventative Safeguarding is vital for us as an organisation. We recognise the need to also have in place robust policies touching recruitment, volunteering and screening, and to ensure we develop a suitable code of conduct for all our associates and association

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Announcing LIVE with Mike

A 10-Epsiode weekly (Wednesdays) series starting 22 April running until 24th June, 2020. These are FaceBook LIVe session on the CIT FB page setting 12.00 GMT+1 for one hour. The sessions are interactive, view comments and questions are welcome

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Core Issues Trust announces new project: X-Out-Loud

X-Out-Loud celebrates the sense of freedom emerging X-LGBT people experience. A range of celebratory activities are planned so check back for more information in the next few weeks. Participants from different world areas plan to attend. But first, X-Out-Live begins its weekly Broadcast…

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The Kenya Project

The Kenya Project

Youth for Life is a community organisation based in Athi River, near Nairobi. Kenya. It works with disadvantaged young people in a holistic way, assisting with education, health, relief of poverty,...

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