Celibacy is a better trend for Christians than conversion therapy was, said Alan Chambers, who led Exodus before shuttering it last year.
"We realize conversion is political," said Mr. Kujur, "but sometimes we are left with no option".
Conversion is always said to lead to a healthier lifestyle and provide an expanded network of friends.
The building's conversion was a challenge, said Mark D. Stumer, a Mojo Stumer principal.
"Conversion was a myth," said Mark Kramer, a Russian specialist at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard.
But what happens when an apartment listed in the offering plan or prospectus as a one-bedroom unit has since been converted into a two-bedroom or "junior four?" "You have to make sure that the conversion was done legally," said Donald Kohlreiter, a vice president of Douglas Elliman, a Manhattan brokerage.
David Anderson, chief executive of the Yorkshire, said conversion was against the long-term interests of most members.
But Mr. Yalew said the conversion was only "pretend," a situation that often was plain to Christians, too.
He said his conversion was a gradual, rational process that began in his undergraduate studies of medieval art, philosophy and theology, including Plato and the New Testament.
Anderson cites one customer of theirs in South Africa: when the billing service was credit card based, the conversion was four in 10,000; he said the introduction of carrier billing turned that into 6,000 in 10,000.
