This Webpage has been created by the request of many G.A.S.guys’ Fans.
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There are NO Public Christian Men’s Nude Groups, that we know of.
How-ever, numbers of Christian Men skinny-dipping with small groups of male friends and/or relatives have been growing once again, slowly, in the United States and other parts of the Western Civilization. You might try doing the same, by having a quick dip with your friends.
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There are or were Private Facebook Groups for men who enjoy nudity and water. We cannot promise that these groups still exist. The creator of this blog created or helps run these groups. Please read and follow the rules.
Men’s Communal Showers Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2222994622
Men’s Locker-Rooms Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1186252948190567
Men’s Skinny-dipping Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/275157572665033
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Gymnos Aquatic Saints 
61 comments
November 28, 2010 at 1:37 am
D. C.
I would like to join a group in my area.
March 3, 2012 at 4:33 pm
dietrich fielding
I’ve been looking for a group in my area too. hard to find.
April 22, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Dietrich Fielding
Skinny dipping is one of the best ways to get back to nature
April 22, 2011 at 6:39 pm
G.A.S. Guys
And Nature’s God!
April 24, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Dwayne Neeley
I love the website and am crazy about the idea. As a minister now in my 34th year (at age 50) I often enjoy skinny dipping and going naked in the woods near my home in West Georgia. But, some how I thought I was the only one. I’m glad the Lord lead me to you. I would so like to meet with others who are wild and free. Below is an excerp from my blog site.
“While most people just aren’t comfortable with their bodies, the thought of being naked terrifies them. Please note that I’m not suggesting we all join a nudist colony, but in many cultures, even in our modern times, being seen naked, on purpose or by accident, is not exposing. The Japanese, for example, keep so much of themselves internalized, their deepest thoughts and opinions, their faith and spirituality, that to be exposed is to revile ones heart to another. Come to think of it, we don’t like to do that either. So we cover ourselves, we make our own fig leaf aprons and hid, hid because we are afraid. Innocence is lost at such an early age and we suffer for it our whole lives. May I am suggest that each person become comfortable enough with their own body so that even the very thought of being caught naked doesn’t cause a panic attack. So many young men struggle at school gyms and locker rooms and it becomes just one more thing to stress over. It adds to their low self esteem and belittles the fact that they were created in the image of God Himself.” Can I conclude with just one suggestion? Get alone, not in your bathroom or shower, not even in your bedroom, you’re naked there almost every day, but go out into the forest, the woods behind your house, somewhere outdoors where you know you’re alone and take off your clothes. Stand there for a few minutes, look around, let your fear and anxiety start to fade away. Fine a place to sit on the ground and just meditate, think, pray or just hear the sounds all around you. Listen to the sound of your own thoughts, the sound of your breathe, the beating of your own heart. It will change you in so many ways and you will want to have that experience often.
May God bless you and yours, DN
April 24, 2011 at 9:01 pm
G.A.S. Guys
You may have been just thinking, but you have some great thoughts, Dwayne Neeley.
I’m glad our website has been a blessing and encouragement to you, and may I say that your website is a blessing and an encouragement to me. Indeed, we need to find a place where we can just talk to God alone without being bugged by the outside world, so we can listen and talk to our heavenly Father and grow a personal relationship with Him. Sometimes being in the nude is a sign a complete surrender. I have prayed in my house flat on the floor, naked, in complete reverence to God. It was an act of worship, by showing God that I’m nothing and am thankful and humbled for how He has used me and will use me. May the Holy Spirit continue to give you wisdom and insight and bless all who have heard or read the words you have given by God.
http://dwayne.myblogsite.com/
April 28, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Pual
wish you would make a page on FACEBOOK so that it would be easier to share with my firends.
April 28, 2011 at 5:59 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Good Idea! Here You Go!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gymnos-Aquatic-Saints-GAS-guys/163812303680208
And here is another Facebook Page You might Like.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Biblical-Masculinity/118514658211259?ref=ts
August 28, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Dwayne Neeley
Hey guys, I just wanted everyone to know that my new book is available for review on dwayne.myblogsite.com The whole 30 day journey. Enjoy
October 4, 2011 at 2:50 am
brad
What a great website! I wish there was an Ohio group!
October 6, 2011 at 1:21 am
Steve
Hey Brad,
I agree that this is a great website! The founder is a good Christian man.
Anyways, just thought I’d let you know that I live in Ohio as well. Ohio seems to be afflicted with well-meaning, but superficial gay nudist groups. This is unfortunately the reality.
Although I do not have any friends to connect with in this context in a completely pure way, showering out of necessity at the local swimming pool is a simple way to tap into that.
Steve
s30guy_az@yahoo.com
October 19, 2011 at 12:06 am
brad
Hey Steve,
Looking forward to hearing back from you!
Brad
cantonguy1@aol.com
December 6, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Geoff Dowd
Hey Brad,
Just saw your earlier post. Although I’m not from your area, I hope you find the platonic, masculine camaraderie that God wants for you. Felt drawn to say that!
God bless,
Geoff
December 24, 2011 at 5:33 am
brad
Merry Christmas, my fellow swimmers!
January 2, 2012 at 10:31 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Happy Jesus’ Birthday!
December 24, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Paul
Who is doing a POLAR BEAR skinny dip next week?
December 30, 2011 at 8:04 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Say…That’s right! Polar Bear dipping is traditionally done on New Years Day! What a great Idea!
May 1, 2012 at 1:29 am
Ben
I am from Corning, New York, is there a group closer i can be part of. 🙂 ????
May 1, 2012 at 4:47 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Hay, Ben. As far as I know, there are no public G.A.S. groups in New York State. I have a private group in the Southern Adirondacks, but invitations are only for friends of those who are already members and are invited by the members. Outside strangers are not invited. Sorry, Man. You might want to start your own private group with a friend or two. Agian, Sorry!
June 18, 2012 at 1:40 am
Paul Jr.
I have a group of Christian men that meet monthly in Houston to gather at a friends pool. We enjoy BBQ, prayer and nude swimming. In one of your articles you mention that having an erection in the company of other males is exceptable. One of our group members who is much younger seems to get an erection on a regular basis. It does not bother me, but some of the other men seem to be concerned. He is a great man, and we try to ignore it, but he seems very proud of his manhood.
I took the opportunity to pull him aside at our last meeting to confront him, I put things as nice as I could, but he explained it off as “feeling free around other men to express himself, and that he thought there was no judgement in our group”. He did have a good arguement, so I suggested we all talk about it together. Later at the meeting we did just that, and I suggested instead of ingnoring the elephant in the room, that we confront it, so to speak. Our friend, as usual achieved an erectioin that day, and we all took the opportunity to take a good look at it, and to comment. Now things seem a lot less stressed and we are enjoying our meetings more than ever. I myself even got an erection in front of the group weeks later, and we simply did the same, and surprisingly I did not feel strange at all about my group looking on, and commenting, becuase of this we are a much tighter and open group of Christian men.
June 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Nice story. It’s funny that you’ve mentioned it was the younger guy in the group who gets the erections at every gathering. If the guy is less then 25 or 30 years old, then it would be even more normel if he gets an erection often. As we grow older our erections don’t pop up as much. I’m finding that out as I become older. It’s normal, and erections don’t always mean the guy is thinking sexualy of other men in the group.(As you already know) You said, the young man is proud of his manhood. Because of this, his erection might be a sign of enjoying the bonding with you guys and his own pride of being a male. In time he will have less erections. When this happens, he might become discourage and think there is something wrong. Just let him know that it’s all part of being a man and getting older. Agian, thanks for your encouraging story.
December 14, 2012 at 7:55 am
Aaron G
I visit Houston often and would love to meet with your group. Also, I live in Central Texas, do you know of any groups in my area? Thanks
January 3, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Jack Davis
Aaron, I too live in central Texas. I would love to form a group. Maybe we could get together and discuss this.
Jack D.
January 26, 2013 at 5:29 am
Dean Bailey
Aaron and Jack, let me know if you form a group in central Texas, and I’d be interested in joining it too.
Dean
May 25, 2017 at 11:21 pm
Jeremy
Is this group in Houston, Texas still meeting? I would be interested in becoming a part of it.
October 10, 2012 at 6:13 am
gary
I am in Sydney Australia. Is there any other Sydney men here or near to Sydney. Would like to organize a group.
January 3, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Aaron G
Jack, feel free to email me: lazar3arr@hotmail.com
January 25, 2013 at 1:48 pm
Dean Bailey
Very interesting site you’ve got here. I actually stumbled upon the site while looking through some vintage photos of male interaction and affection. The idea of innocent (non-sexual) male interaction, and our great reluctance to become physically affectionate with each other, have always been intriguing to me, because I grew up in the Westernized American culture wherein the innocence of this kind of interaction and masculine connection has been mostly lost to us (I believe) because of the increased prevalence of open homosexuality since the time of the “sexual revolution” here in America.
I don’t want to digress, but I will be honest in saying that I am the son of an alcoholic father. And it was out of that environment that I am also a man who has been through the brokenness of homosexual sin and addiction. I am happily married to the same beautiful and wonderful woman now for 21 years. But I briefly mention that testimony as a foundation for my personal intrigue with this idea of Christian Men getting together for the expressed purpose of being naked with one another (whether it be skinny dipping, or just being naked with other men in some other innocent and secluded setting).
This need for intimate connection with other men that you and I and so many other men feel seems to be a very big part of this idea, “let’s go skinny dipping!” And I am completely cool with that. It took me years in my Christian struggles to understand myself from God’s perspective, as I tried to overcome homosexual brokenness, to understand that the inward need I continued to sense (that deep desire to just be with men and feel connected to them in a deep and genuine way) had NOTHING to do with homosexual sin. I mean, it does in the sense that I believe that sort of lost connection in one’s youth is one of the things that leads a man to turn to sexual behaviors in order to find it again. But the need itself to “be” with and around other men who care about us is NOT a homosexual need! And again, it took me years to make that distinction in my own inward process of healing.
Nakedness itself, on the spiritual level, suggests that we have become completely “revealed” to each other (no masks, in other words). And, my God, don’t we (as men) tend to wear a lot of superficial “masks” around each other! We all desire to be open with each other, but we become afraid of another man becoming critical of our own masculinity, or worse yet, we fear their complete rejection.
It also took me years to realize that my own self-worth comes from God, and not from any other man (or woman for that matter). And so there comes a new self-confidence in realizing this truth that actually causes other men to want to be around us… It is a confidence they recognize and desire to become a part of themselves.
The times I have been naked, both while skinny dipping, or in walking through a secluded area of the woods, was spiritually freeing and humanly lacking all at the same time. I always found myself inwardly thinking, “I wish there was someone else here with me.” And more specifically, “I wish there were other men here with me.” It is not a sexual desire, but a very primal and ingrained part of who we are as men. And again, I blame the radical homosexual movement most of all for the detrimental impact it has had upon the loss of this innocence we once had with each other as men, even right here in America.
I also live in Central Texas, and I would also be interested in learning more about a group if it forms in this area.
Before I close, I also want to appreciate the specific mention in other postings above, of having an erection around other men. I have actually talked openly about this topic with my best friend (who has never dealt with any sort of homosexual brokenness in his own life). I was looking for reassurance, of course, and he assured me that it happens to him as well, and it is a normal bodily reaction at the enjoyment of being with someone, even a “best friend” of the same gender. So, if and when it happens, that it is nothing to feel ashamed of or worry about. The group that talked about it as a group (not behind the guy’s back) handled that event in the best way possible.
May the Lord bless us all in this “life” journey with him, and may he bless your ministry endeavors to reach out to other men in this area of understanding and masculine need. And may he also protect it from the intentions of the evil one, in Jesus, name!
Dean
January 25, 2013 at 6:28 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Mr. Bailey, I can not add or subtract from what you have said. AMEN Brother. THANK YOU for your testimony. Thank you!
January 25, 2013 at 6:50 pm
Ben
Very nice Dean! … looking for that special friend or friends! 🙂
January 27, 2013 at 1:25 am
Dean Bailey
As I continue to look around your website and the information and links available here, one idea that comes to mind is this: “Not everyone in our post-modern, sexualized, politically-correct, and/or religious-minded society will be ready for this information, or prepared to accept the truths you present here, and the premise from wherein you desire to proceed forward, given the information.” Nonetheless, I’d think there are a lot of Christian men out there whom “the light would come on” for them, if they would simply look closely at the information you have available and consider its truth and relevance, with regard to their own perceptions and interactions within our society today.
I also joined the “Guys Swim” yahoo group, which I’m guessing is connected to G.A.S. Guys in some way?
In any case, after a more scrutinizing look and a day later, I am still glad I stumbled upon the site. I look forward to seeing this idea grow and gain momentum… If it’s a “God thing,” the nay-sayers won’t be able to stop it! And there is certainly a masculine hunger out there for closer male connection among Christian men I have worked with. They are tired of “churchy” and religious solutions for their pent-up masculinity. They hunger and thirst for something genuine… perhaps, something more like this.
January 27, 2013 at 1:21 pm
G.A.S. Guys
I have to agree that most men will not be ready for this kind of info. In fact, when they read and view the links, they may even be shocked. How-ever, this website was created not to just answer men’s questions on nudity and sexuality, but to also make men in the western world think twice. That’s a big problem with today’s societies. They don’t think about things, nor do they want to. If the media, movies, or famous people say so , then it must be true. But as you know, this is not true. A free nation is a nation that thinks for itself and ask questions. I believe even God wants us to ask him questions, like a child asking his father questions. We are created to wonder about things. It’s part of free will. I will also agree that if this is a “God Thing” then the devil and his children can not stop what is happening here. I pray that it is God’s Will, and that His Will be done. Even if His Will is Not to allow these ideas to spread across the western world.
It is also true that I created the Yahoo Group, “Guys Swim”. It isn’t a Christian group, but Christian Morals is what keeps the group clean. We also have a G.A.S.guys Yahoo Group. The same men who have been talking about starting a G.A.S. group in central Texas are on it. It’s better to talk and connect with them in this yahoo group. http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/gasguys/?tab=s
June 19, 2014 at 3:48 pm
cetina05
Im in Houston area, and ive always wondered about this, i grew up with out a father and always had this desire to connect with a man. (non-sexual way) desired, thug touch, and hug and EMBRACE, the affirmation, and just male bonding. Im am currently 26 and feel insecure about my self, and always believed it was because i didnt have that man to help me feel secure about my body and my self. But then again i would be timid/fearful about joining or attending a naked group, because most likely i will get an erection..
June 19, 2014 at 5:38 pm
G.A.S. Guys
I’m finding out that there are more and more guys, like you, who are curious about nude male bonding because they lack needed male models in their lives. Like you, some men are missing a father figure. I’ve notice that many homeschooled guys who hardly had any same age male friends in their lives, look into this topic. You are not alone, bro!
February 9, 2013 at 3:23 pm
mike
Nicely expressed. Married for 23 years and desire that open comradery with other men, in a nonsexual way.
April 29, 2013 at 5:30 pm
Steve
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy. Men get erections. (Penis is derived from the Latin word for “tail.”)
May 14, 2014 at 3:02 am
Dave edmunds
I am so happy to find this site. I live in spokane, WA and would love to find other Christian men who like to hang out naked. I love to chat with acquaintances in the shower at the gym. All my good friends who are Christians are so shy about their bodies. My wife is too and since we have kids I never get to hang out naked.
May 18, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Brad
Hi Dave,
Like you, I wish there were Christian guys here in Ohio to hang out with as well. I keep hoping more people will find this site!!!
June 19, 2014 at 5:50 pm
cetina05
How does one start a relationship/friendship with another man, with out sexualizing it, and just get into “hey lets hang out naked.”…. it seems like in todays world, and in christianity, either were prudish (Christians) or its sexualized (the worlds view)….how do you find the balance? do you guys poray together asking God to make pure this mindset or what?
June 19, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Ben
Cetina05,
I am with you Cetina. I hipe to hear from you. I am not young but i am 45 and i get erections too 🙂 … is it normal to have them?
Ben
nmenic77@gmail.com
June 19, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Ben
It is so hard to find a friend to do all .. any tips anyine? How?
June 19, 2014 at 7:24 pm
cetina05
Ben-
No tips on my end, but when you find out let me know…lol
Anything group in Houston?
June 19, 2014 at 7:14 pm
Ben
Friends are always welcome!
June 19, 2014 at 8:01 pm
Ben
I am not in houston. 😦
September 4, 2014 at 11:21 pm
Brother
For what it’s worth, I was encouraged by this website and took a plunge yesterday. By myself, with God. And it seemed empowering and right.
September 5, 2014 at 6:38 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Brother, that is what this site is for. I pray that your faith and relationship with God will grow stronger because of this experience. Keep swimming!
September 5, 2014 at 12:34 am
Brother
PS Thank you. I enjoyed the swim and appreciate the encouragement to take the plunge.
January 5, 2015 at 5:01 am
Jeff
I had hoped to ask permission but I don’t have any way to directly contact the moderator. I manage a forum that would be another place for us gasguys to talk.
Jeremiah Principles is not specifically a gasguys forum and there will be women in the forum.
However.
Gasguys are welcome in the Jeremiah Principles. Also within the forum, subgroups can be set aside that are gasguys only and/or male only where photos can be shared (moderated of course to be true to gasguys standards).
Jeremiah Principles is a Christian organization that promotes the following ten prinicples:
1. Take responsibility
2. Live a lifestyle of preparedness
3. Avoid extremes
4. Walk out your faith
5. Be an optimist
6. Seek truth
7. Be content
8. Be teachable
9. Forgive
10. Be in unity
Within those ten principles, there is room for skinny dipping. Examples include:
The navy used to equip soldiers with pants that could be turned into floatation devices and would teach soldiers how to take their pants off to save their life. Learning to take off your pants in that situation would be a lifestyle of preparedness.
What if God told you to walk around naked for three years like he told Isaiah to do. Obeying God by being naked would be walking out your faith.
What if your brother was in need but happened to be naked. Putting your brother’s need above any feelings of discomfort about his nudity would be unity.
As you can see, it would be very easy for gasguys to adopt the Jeremiah Principles. So come check out http://jeremiahprinciples.proboards.com/
January 5, 2015 at 7:16 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Sounds really cool, bro!!
July 25, 2016 at 4:19 am
NS
I would like to join a group in my area.
June 15, 2017 at 9:35 am
Garry
i too would like to meet up with like minded men as i have 3 sons and i dont want them to fear being naked around other men,i myself have been in the navy and enjoy the male bonding of nude swimming,i am in the albany ny area and would love the opportunity to hang with some other men
June 21, 2017 at 6:04 pm
G.A.S. Guys
There is one gasguy bro living 2 hours from Albany. You can contact him, but will not add his contact info on here.
June 22, 2017 at 9:53 am
Garry Barton
yeah,that sounds great can you let him contact me via email Glbjr68@gmail.com, thanks , us men need to stick together, we will get each other through life that way
June 21, 2017 at 9:17 pm
Tom
I’d be glad to host a group in my home (no skinny dipping, just hanging nude) in Alexandria, VA
June 21, 2017 at 9:56 pm
Tom
I should have added my email: tom_74_tom@yahoo.com, ALEXANDRIA VA
June 23, 2017 at 6:00 pm
Tom
I don’t think anyone is reading these, I’m near DC and not one reply. tom_74_tom@yahoo.com, ALEXANDRIA VA
I’d be glad to host a group in my home (no skinny dipping, just hanging nude) in Alexandria, VA
October 5, 2017 at 8:32 pm
G.A.S. Guys
Oh, they do read, sir. But people are naturally skeptical. People don’t trust people like they use to and for good reason. If you want men to join your events, you need to do more then just this.
June 29, 2017 at 12:43 pm
Nathan
Anyone in the new york city NYC area? We could hang out in the locker room in the YMCA. I’m straight, married with children, but think that skinny dipping should be a camaraderie thing between guys.
August 2, 2017 at 11:52 pm
Alex Cochell
Is there a group in the Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA/Helena, MT areas?
May 4, 2019 at 9:06 pm
Aaron G
Anyone in the Dallas, TX area? I am working there 12-15 days a month. You can email me at lazar3arr@hotmail.com. Thanks
May 12, 2019 at 5:57 pm
Tom
Long time no action. I”m still offering to host good guys near Washington DC area, I’m in Northern VA. Email me: tom_74_tom@yahoo.com