About SBM Worldwide, Inc.

SBM Worldwide, Inc. (SBM) is an evangelistic, educational, exhortational, and encouraging Christian ministry dedicated to serving men and women who identify as homosexual or transgender and who are seeking change. SBM provides biblical, practical, and prayerful support for individuals desiring to overcome unwanted same‑sex attractions and identity conflicts, offering resources, discipleship, and compassionate guidance rooted in the truth and hope of Jesus Christ.

In addition to ministering to individuals, SBM Worldwide also serves parents, spouses, family members, friends, and pastors of loved ones who identify as LGBTQ. Through Christ‑centered encouragement, biblical teaching, and relational support, SBM helps families and churches navigate these deeply personal issues with clarity, compassion, and unwavering commitment to God’s Word.

SBM Worldwide, Inc. was founded in 2000 by Stephen Bennett, who personally struggled with same‑sex attraction throughout his teenage and early adult years, living an openly homosexual lifestyle until age 28. Today—by God’s grace and through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ—Stephen has been joyfully married for over 33 years to his wife, Irene, and is the father of their two adult children.

Stephen’s testimony of transformation fuels the heart of SBM Worldwide’s mission: to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and to offer hope, healing, and biblical truth to all who seek change.

The Bennetts are Christian missionaries to the LGBT community — sharing God’s love, hope, and power to transform lives, with those who struggle with unwanted homosexuality and transgenderism. Stephen and Irene Bennett educate churches and congregations worldwide through preaching and teaching — ministering biblical truths about homosexuality and bringing to light God’s ordained plan for human sexuality. According to God’s infallible Word, everyone is created male or female. We are created in His image. Sexual relations are to be only between one man and one woman — a husband and wife — and that within the confines of biblical marriage — for life. Anything outside of this — fornication, adultery, pornography, or anything else — is considered impure, immoral, and sin according to God’s Word. Biblical abstinence is to be adhered to until a man or woman enters the biblical covenant of marriage with a person of the opposite sex, as husband and wife. Biblical sexual purity is the ministry’s overriding and uncompromising message.

Stephen’s story of being set free from the homosexual lifestyle through Jesus Christ was recorded in September 2000 on his first CD, I Believe in Miracles, and re-released on his third CD, Let Me Show You Jesus. A one-hour special radio magazine was produced by the American Family Association several years ago and is now available on the SBM website as an immediate audio download from SBM’s Online Ministry Bookstore & Resource Center. Bennett’s testimony and music began spreading throughout Christian and secular media outlets in early 2000, eventually leading him and his family into full-time Christian ministry. Today, Stephen Bennett’s music can be heard nationally on Christian radio.

Stephen Bennett is a nationally-sought-after speaker, preacher, singer, evangelist, and author. His first book, his autobiography, Everything Must Change, is currently being written. Bennett travels the United States and worldwide, ministering at conferences, churches, schools, rallies, special events, and speaking engagements. He appears regularly on Christian and secular radio and television, as well as in print.

Irene Bennett

Irene Bennett, Co‑Director and Founder of SBM Worldwide, Inc., serves as President of The Parents Group—a private, confidential, members‑only online support community for parents, spouses, family members, and friends with a prodigal loved one involved in homosexuality. Through this ministry, Irene provides compassionate guidance, biblical encouragement, and a safe place for families seeking hope, clarity, and support.

Irene is also a national women’s speaker, available for women’s conferences, retreats, and church groups across the country. She frequently teaches Sunday school and speaks on subjects such as raising godly children, navigating the heartbreak of a prodigal, and standing firm in faith during family trials. Her warm, relatable, and Scripture‑centered approach has made her a trusted voice to women nationwide.

Irene has written her first book, Until Your Prodigal Comes Home — Encouragement Along the Way, available from the ministry. This deeply heartfelt work offers biblical wisdom, comfort, and practical guidance for parents walking through the pain of a prodigal child.

In addition to her ministry work, Irene appears regularly in the media on both Christian and secular television, sharing her testimony, her insights, and her unwavering belief in the hope and healing found in Jesus Christ.

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SBM Worldwide’s National Offices are located in the heart of New England in a quaint community — Huntington, Connecticut — only a little more than an hour outside of New York City. SBM Worldwide is dedicated to biblically and practically encouraging men and women to successfully overcome their unwanted same-sex attractions. SBM Worldwide also provides numerous resources for parents, spouses, family members, and friends with a loved one who identifies as homosexual.

SBM Worldwide is governed by a Board of Directors and Advisors from doctrinally like-minded churches and Christian organizations — overseeing the entire operations of the ministry, as well as providing a spiritual covering for Stephen, Irene, and staff. All of SBM’s employees, volunteers, administrators, Board of Directors, and Advisors are born-again, evangelical Christian believers who freely and wholeheartedly agree to strictly abide by biblical and doctrinal principles set forth in the Bible concerning faith, morality, sexuality, and their Christian walk and talk as representatives of SBM Worldwide, Inc. and, most importantly, the gospel of Jesus Christ.

All individuals are held strictly accountable to the SBM Board of Directors and Advisors. SBM Worldwide, Inc. is grateful to all of its Directors, Advisors, Supporters, and Prayer Partners. Without you, SBM Worldwide would not exist. For further information about SBM Worldwide, or to learn how you can become an Annual Member or Monthly Support Partner, please contact SBM Worldwide’s National Offices directly, Nationwide Toll-Free at 1-800-832-3623, or locally at (203) 926-6960. Your support of this much-needed ministry is greatly needed and very much appreciated at this time.

SBM Worldwide is a referral and reference-based ministry for individuals looking to deal with their unwanted homosexuality. We provide biblical encouragement, prayer, education, information, and resources to help you in your journey. This ministry does not provide counseling, psychological services, or medical services. If you are looking to get involved in a group setting or environment, or to work with a licensed clinical professional specializing in this area, please contact NARTH (National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality) (http://narth.com/) at 1-888-364-4744. We are here to help you get the information you need.

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