Minimum Standards for Affiliate Status
The following are minimum standards for a support group to achieve
affiliate status with Evergreen International, meaning that Evergreen will
refer people to the group:
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You
must support the Evergreen Mission Statement and have a sincere desire to
change. Click here to read
the mission statement.
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You must have admission
procedures in place that will insure confidentiality.
Group members must honor the anonymity and confidentiality of group
members whenever and wherever they meet.
Click here for more ideas about confidentiality.
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You must have an advisor that
meets with the group during the weekly meetings, who does not deal with
same-sex attraction issues in his/her life.
Click here for more information about advisors.
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You must have a safe place to
meet. This can be a church, public meeting room, or any safe location that
is outside of an affiliate member’s home.
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You must have written goals
and rules of conduct for your group. One of the rules must require that if
a member engages in inappropriate behavior with another member of the
group, he/she cannot remain a member of the group.
Click here for ideas about group policies and rules.
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Group participants may not
represent Evergreen International when communicating with the
media, counselors, or Church leaders, or when speaking publicly
without first receiving the express approval of the Executive Director. All
public relations are handled by staff under the direction of the Executive
Director and the Board of Trustees. Participants may tell others that they
attend Evergreen meetings and discuss their own experiences if they wish to
do so, but they should never represent their viewpoints or attitudes as
being representative of other participants or of Evergreen as a whole.
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