Healing and Made Free with Janet Boynes

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Janet Boynes' story is one of struggling and overcoming drug addiction, eating disorders, homosexuality, depression, and thoughts of suicide. You may be struggling with many of the same things. By the grace of God, Janet Boynes survived. She realized that if God could help her, He could help and heal many others as well. Get encouragement and inspiration from her powerful story. This will help and equip you on your journey to freedom and healing. You might be able to relate to many of the people that Janet has interviewed on the podcast. Our hope is that you will draw strength from God through these powerful testimonies. God's word reminds us, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free". John 8:32 NIV We believe that when you know better, you will do better. What God has done for Janet and many others, He will also do for you and your loved ones.

  1. 20h ago

    Her Prayers Don't Have an Expiration Date: Jon Brown on Losing Mama Brown and the Legacy She Left Behind

    If you've read Janet Boynes' first book Called Out, you know the story. Three o'clock in the morning. A grocery store. A woman with a buggy full of food for her four boys who stopped to talk to a stranger — and changed her life forever. That woman was Tammy Brown. And in this episode, Janet sits down with Tammy's oldest son, Jon Brown — Executive Pastor of Journey Church in Wisconsin — to honor her memory, process her loss, and talk about what a praying mother leaves behind. Tammy was diagnosed with cancer in 2023. The family believed for her healing — completely. There was no category in their minds for her not making it. She witnessed to nurses and doctors from her hospital bed. She sent her son on a mission trip to Honduras the day before she passed, because she said the best way he could honor her was to go tell people about Jesus. He got the call halfway through the trip. She was gone. In this conversation you will hear:  The story behind the story — why Tammy was at a grocery store at 3 a.m. the night she met Janet  What it was like to watch his mother witness to everyone in the hospital, even while dying  How his father is doing after losing his high school sweetheart of 50-plus years  The "Brown Boys" text thread — and how four brothers learned to grieve together  His brother Tim, who has walked away from the Lord — and why Jon believes Tammy's prayers are still being answered  Why our prayers don't have an expiration date — they outlive us  What it means to keep praying for a prodigal when nothing seems to be changing  The seeds of prayer that go into the ground and look dead — but aren't  A pastoral prayer for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone they love   This episode is for anyone who has lost a parent who prayed. It is for anyone who is carrying grief while still showing up for ministry or family. And it is for anyone who has a prodigal they have not stopped praying for.  Tammy Brown's race is finished. But her prayers are still running.   Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com Jon Brown: Executive Pastor, Journey Church — jrnychurch.com

  2. Aug 4

    The Supreme Court Case That Could Overturn Every Conversion Therapy Ban | Elizabeth Woning, Part 2

    What happens when you take a book of testimonies about leaving homosexuality into the California State Capitol to fight a bill that would have made that book illegal to sell?  In Episode 119, Part 2 of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes continues her conversation with Elizabeth Woning — co-founder of the Changed Movement and minister at Bethel Church in Redding, California — now in the territory where testimony meets legislation, free speech meets the Supreme Court, and Christian ministry meets political reality.  Elizabeth and her co-founder Ken Williams launched the Changed Movement in 2018 specifically to fight California's expanded conversion therapy ban — a bill framed as consumer fraud that would have made it illegal to charge a fee for any conference, resource, or counseling that offered a path out of homosexuality. They showed up in Sacramento. They shared their testimonies in committee hearings. They published a coffee table book of changed lives — the exact kind of resource the bill would have banned. And the bill was ultimately withdrawn.  That fight led to a Supreme Court case. Kaylee Chiles sued the state of Colorado for the right to offer trauma-informed care to clients whose gender confusion she believed was rooted in childhood trauma. That case has now been heard by the Supreme Court, and Elizabeth believes it will overturn conversion therapy bans nationwide — with implications for countries around the world.  In this conversation you will hear:  How the Changed Movement started — and what they were fighting against in the California Capitol  Why a conversion therapy ban is fundamentally a free speech issue, not a safety issue  The Chiles v. Colorado Supreme Court case — what it means and why Elizabeth believes it will win  Why 23 states currently prohibit licensed counselors from offering any care that affirms a biblical sexual ethic  The political reality of why Republicans won't address homosexuality — and what Christian advocates are doing about it  Elizabeth's analysis of LGBT as a political movement laced with identity Marxism — and why that framing matters  Why 29% of Gen Z now identifies as something within LGBT according to Gallup — and what's really driving it  How Charlie Kirk's death affected the Changed Movement and their relationship with Turning Point USA  Why Elizabeth made the Changed Movement's church equipping curriculum free after his assassination  A closing word: why right now is actually a window of opportunity, not a moment of defeat  If Part 1 was the theology, Part 2 is the strategy. Together they form one of the most complete conversations on the LGBT issue this podcast has produced.  Miss Part 1? Listen here:  MP3 Link Changed Movement: changedmovement.com  |  Elizabeth Woning: elizabethwoning.com  Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com

    The Supreme Court Case That Could Overturn Every Conversion Therapy Ban | Elizabeth Woning, Part 2

  3. Jul 21

    She Went to Seminary as an Openly Gay Woman. God Had Other Plans. | Elizabeth Woning, Part 1

    What happens when a trained theologian who has fully embraced queer theology encounters the living God — through a 17-year-old boy at a Pentecostal youth service?  In Episode 118, Part 1 of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes sits down with Elizabeth Woning — seminary graduate, former lesbian, and ministry leader — for a conversation unlike any this podcast has featured. Elizabeth doesn't just share a testimony. She brings a framework. And pastors, parents, and ministry leaders need to hear it.  Elizabeth spent close to 20 years questioning and then fully inhabiting a lesbian identity. She left a brief marriage, came out publicly, joined a church elder board as an openly gay member, and then entered seminary actively working to push the church toward an affirming posture on homosexuality. She was not on the edge of the gay community. She was one of its theological advocates.  Then a 17-year-old boy at a Pentecostal youth service delivered a word from the Lord that spoke to a specific, private pain point in her life — something no one could have known. That moment didn't convict her of sin. It convicted her of unbelief. And that was the beginning of an 18-month journey back through Scripture, Pentecostal worship services, and eventually a surrender she didn't entirely understand — but made anyway.  In this first part of a two-part conversation, you will hear:  How early abuse and identity confusion led Elizabeth into lesbianism as a teenager  What it looked like to enter seminary openly gay and work toward a queer theology  The Pentecostal youth service that shattered her theological certainty  Why she was convicted of unbelief before she was ever convicted of sin  Her 18-month journey back through Scripture — and what she found  Why the gay community offers a level of belonging the church is still failing to match  What pastors are getting wrong about transgender vs. LGB — and why LGB is just as dissociative  What parents need to do before their child ever hears the word homosexuality  Why teaching children to hear the voice of God may be the most protective thing a parent can do  Part 2 continues the conversation into Elizabeth's ministry work and what she is doing today. But don't skip Part 1 — the theological foundation she lays here is what makes Part 2 make sense.  Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com

    She Went to Seminary as an Openly Gay Woman. God Had Other Plans. | Elizabeth Woning, Part 1

  4. Jul 7

    Diagnosed with AIDS, 22 Days in a Coma, Undetectable: Mark Nelson's Miracle

    Mark Nelson was told he had AIDS and his organs were failing. 22 days in a coma later, he walked out of the hospital undetectable and engaged to be married. What if the moment that sent you into 20 years of destruction happened at age 13 — inside a church? In Episode 116 of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes sits down with Mark Nelson, co-founder of Exchange Ministries in Orlando, Florida, for one of the most dramatic healing testimonies this podcast has ever featured. Mark grew up in an Assembly of God home, on fire for God at 11 and 12 years old, doing street evangelism with his youth group. Then at 13, a well-meaning but misguided pastor pulled him aside, accused him of being gay, performed an impromptu deliverance, and told him to "get out and don't come back." Mark made an inner vow that night: he would never return to church. He kept that promise for 20 years — and during those years, he lived a full gay lifestyle, worked inside two presidential administrations, and eventually was told by his doctor that he had full-blown AIDS with a viral load of over 4 million copies and a CD4 count of four. His organs were failing. Doctors told his family to say their goodbyes. His family came to the ICU and started speaking Scripture over his comatose body. Twenty-two days later, Mark woke up. His viral load was undetectable. Eight months after leaving the hospital, he was married. In this conversation, you will hear: • How time with mom and distance from dad shaped Mark's identity as a boy • The pastor's mishandled deliverance at age 13 that sent Mark out of the church for two decades • The power of inner vows — and how they open doors for the enemy • What life looked like working for Jeb Bush while secretly living a gay lifestyle • Franklin Graham preaching John 3:16 — and why that day was the beginning of the end of the gay life • The AIDS diagnosis, the failing organs, and 22 days in a coma • What Mark experienced spiritually between life and death during that coma • The nurse no one had seen before — and never saw again — who untied his hands from the hospital bed • How he emerged from the coma undetectable — and married his wife eight months later • Exchange Ministries and the work they're doing today for men and women leaving the LGBT lifestyle This episode is for parents who are praying for a prodigal. It is for anyone who has been wounded by the church. And it is for anyone who believes their situation is too far gone for God to reach. He reached Mark in a coma. He can reach anyone. Connect with Mark Nelson and Exchange Ministries: ExchangeMinistries.org Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com

    Diagnosed with AIDS, 22 Days in a Coma, Undetectable: Mark Nelson's Miracle

  5. Jun 23

    From Lesbianism to a 25-Year Marriage: Krissy Miles on Trauma, Forgiveness, and Healing

    What happens when the pain of a broken home leads you somewhere you never expected to go? In Episode 116 of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes welcomes Krissy Miles — pastor, speaker, and co-founder of Influence Church in Northern Indiana — for one of the most complete healing testimonies this podcast has ever featured. Krissy grew up in a home defined by trauma. Her father — abused himself as a child, abandoned at 14, raised in poverty and alcoholism — brought all of that unhealed pain into their family. Krissy responded the way many children do: anger, overperformance, and eventually a desperate search for love that didn't come with strings attached. That search led her into a lesbian relationship. It lasted less than two years — but long enough to change everything. What brought her out wasn't a program or a counselor. It was a direct, supernatural encounter with God where she was faced with one choice: this path, or me. She chose God. And then God gave her a husband. In this conversation you'll hear: • How generational trauma in her father's family shaped her childhood • Why she entered a lesbian relationship — and what she was really searching for • The supernatural moment God showed her exactly what was at stake • How she told her husband about her past — and what happened when they wept together • The role of forgiveness in her healing — including forgiving her abusive father • What happened when she told her father she had forgiven him • The fear that nearly destroyed her marriage at year 18 — and how God broke it • Practical wisdom for parents of Gen Z kids exploring sexuality • Her husband Lucas Miles and his work with Turning Point USA Faith This episode is for anyone who has felt like their past has disqualified them from a whole, healed life. Krissy's story is proof that God restores what trauma broke. Connect with Krissy Miles: krissymiles.com | Influence Church: influencechurch.com Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com

    From Lesbianism to a 25-Year Marriage: Krissy Miles on Trauma, Forgiveness, and Healing

  6. Jun 9

    Richard Harris lost his gay twin brother John to AIDS at 34. He shares what he wishes he'd said — and what families need to hear.

    What do you do when someone you love is living a gay lifestyle — and you watch them die from it? In this raw and deeply personal episode, Janet Boynes sits down with Richard Harris, Executive Director of Truth and Liberty (an Andrew Wommack Ministries outreach), for a conversation that goes far beyond headlines and policy debates. Richard and his twin brother John grew up in a home marked by extreme poverty, alcoholism, and an emotionally distant father. John always felt compared, rejected, and overlooked — and Richard only learned after John's death how deep that wound ran. John died of AIDS at 34, coming to faith in Christ in his final days in the hospital. Richard and Janet — who lost her own brother to AIDS in 1999 — open up about what it means to love a gay family member without compromising God's word, and without losing them either. In this conversation you will hear:  How childhood rejection and a lack of affirmation can shape sexual identity  What Richard wishes he had said and done differently with his brother  Why John stayed in the gay lifestyle even after his AIDS diagnosis — and what finally changed  How loneliness drives people into and keeps them in homosexuality  The conversion therapy ban in Colorado and what was at stake at the Supreme Court  How Truth and Liberty responded to the assassination of Charlie Kirk — including snipers on the roof  A closing word of encouragement for anyone struggling with same-sex attraction  This is the kind of honest, compassionate conversation the church desperately needs to have. Whether you have a family member living a gay lifestyle, or you are personally wrestling with same-sex attraction, this episode will meet you with truth and love. Connect with Janet Boynes Ministries at janetboynes.com Learn more about Truth and Liberty at truthandliberty.com

    Richard Harris lost his gay twin brother John to AIDS at 34. He shares what he wishes he'd said — and what families need to hear.

  7. May 26

    Standing Firm in Love: A Dutch Christian's Perspective on Biblical Truth and Family

    What does it look like to stand for biblical truth in a country that legalized same-sex marriage before almost anywhere else in the world?  In this episode of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes sits down with Eelko Sieval, a Dutch Christian, entrepreneur, and newly appointed board member of Janet Boynes Ministries. Eelko joins us from the Netherlands — the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001 — to share his powerful perspective on how Christians can respond to LGBTQ+ cultural pressure with both truth and love.  Eelko opens up about his personal faith revival in 2020, how he found Janet's ministry through an online search for biblical answers on homosexuality, and what compelled him to translate Janet's book "Called Out" into Dutch so it could reach his community. Together, Janet and Eelko tackle some of the most honest questions Christian families are facing today:  How do you love a family member living a gay lifestyle without endorsing it?  How do you protect your grandchildren at family gatherings without rejecting your family?  What does "compassion without compromise" actually look like in everyday life?  How do you maintain spiritual authority in your home when culture pushes back?  Eelko also shares why he said yes to joining the ministry board, his vision for bringing Janet's 2026 conference to the Netherlands, and how the legacy of Charlie Kirk's life has renewed his commitment to speak truth fearlessly.  Whether you're a pastor, a parent, a grandparent, or simply a believer trying to navigate one of the defining cultural issues of our time — this conversation will challenge and encourage you.  Connect with Janet Boynes Ministries at janetboynes.com.

    Standing Firm in Love: A Dutch Christian's Perspective on Biblical Truth and Family

  8. May 12

    From Seminary to Freedom: Bryan Chapman on Leaving the Homosexual Lifestyle

    Pastor Bryan Chapman opens up about leaving the homosexual lifestyle after 3 years, the father wound that opened the door, and how God restored his identity.  In this episode of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes sits down with Pastor Bryan Chapman — a minister who spent three years in a homosexual relationship during seminary and has now been free for over two decades. Bryan shares how emotional wounds and the absence of a father's validation opened the door to same-sex attraction, what finally brought him to a turning point, and what he wants Gen Z and their parents to know about identity, healing, and the hope that's available through Christ.

    From Seminary to Freedom: Bryan Chapman on Leaving the Homosexual Lifestyle
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Janet Boynes' story is one of struggling and overcoming drug addiction, eating disorders, homosexuality, depression, and thoughts of suicide. You may be struggling with many of the same things. By the grace of God, Janet Boynes survived. She realized that if God could help her, He could help and heal many others as well. Get encouragement and inspiration from her powerful story. This will help and equip you on your journey to freedom and healing. You might be able to relate to many of the people that Janet has interviewed on the podcast. Our hope is that you will draw strength from God through these powerful testimonies. God's word reminds us, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free". John 8:32 NIV We believe that when you know better, you will do better. What God has done for Janet and many others, He will also do for you and your loved ones.

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