More than 20 years into the AIDS epidemic, HIV continues to exact a tremendous toll in the United States. To date, more than 500,000 people have died of AIDS in the U.S. and the latest estimates indicate that, as of the end of 2003, there are approximately 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 people living with HIV infection.

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (BP)--Chad Thompson began by telling his story.  “I remember sitting on my bed when I was in the fourth grade. I hadn’t even hit puberty yet, but I knew I was different,” said Thompson, author of “Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would” and a featured workshop speaker at the “Disturbing Voices” HIV/AIDS conference at Saddleback Church.

Hundreds of evangelicals attending Disturbing Voices conference repent, refocus on outreach to outcasts.