that meet during the week in homes and on Sunday mornings." Lifegroups follow a cell ministry model. Stance against homosexuality and gay marriage The churches within the Antioch Movement recognize marriage as only between the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. Furthermore founder Jimmy Seibert has emphasized "...Homosexuality is a sin" and that it is a lie that homosexuality is not a sin. A believer in "gay conversion therapy", he attributes most homosexuality a result of some type of physical, sexual, mental abuse and has stated "for over 30 years — I have seen hundreds of people personally change their direction of same-sex attraction from a homosexual lifestyle to a heterosexual lifestyle." As a result of this stance, HGTV celebrities Chip and Joanna Gaines from the show Fixer Upper, who attend the church, released a statement on it. It has also been reported a psychologist in Waco meets regularly with a group of self-described “Antioch survivors," noting former members' stories of crises of faith after being made to feel unwelcome by the Antioch Community Church in Waco, either for life decisions (declining to go on a mission) or for their identity (coming out as gay) Stance against abortion and notion of pro-choice Antioch Waco's position paper states abortion, including abortifacient contraceptives, are wrong under any circumstances. Although Antioch describes a pregnancy resulting from incest, rape, specifically rape by her husband, as devastating, they do not believe these substantiate grounds for an abortion. Neither do they believe a woman should have the right to choose an abortion, describing the position of "choice" as inconsistent with the logic and the laws they hold dear. Spanking children encouraged In their book, Parenting without Regret, Jimmy Seibert and Laura Seibert advocate spanking children as "ritualistic and instructive" for discipline. Controversies and incidents Systemic racism at Antioch Community Church Former Antiochers Gary and Brittany Wardlaw of the youtube channel "WardlawstoWaco" allege to having experienced pervasive oppression, silencing, and internally systemic racism by the leadership at Antioch Community Church. Gary and Brittany are trained therapists of African American descent. Illegal missionaries in Afghanistan Antioch International actively sends independently covert missionaries in secret to countries and places that are dangerous and hostile to Christianity. Notable in the movement's history is the arrest and imprisonment of Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry by the Taliban on August 3, 2001 due to conducting