Kicking off this miniseries centered around faith and sexuality, I couldn’t imagine a more generous and gracious voice, my friend Tim Schraeder. He said, “I’ve been welcome to the table, but told I didn’t have a voice.” As a gay man, Tim was an “inside outsider” in the evangelical church world. A recovering evangelical mega-church marketer and social media guru, Tim’s wrestled deeply for over a decade with his own identity, sexuality, faith, and vocation. With unbelievable grace and compassion, vulnerability and strength, he shares more of this story for the first time so publically.  

If you have wrestled with your faith and how to engage in the LGBTQ+ conversation, you need to hear Tim’s story. If you know someone who’s LGBTQ+ and has loved God, this episode will give them hope. If you’ve ever hidden a part of your identity for the sake of fitting in yet still feel like an “inside outsider”, Tim’s journey will inspire you to fully come out into the light and stop hiding. 

About Tim: Recovering evangelical megachurch marketer, LGBTQ+ believer, and brand-new New Yorker.  

Connect with Tim at [email protected] and follow him online at @timschraeder. Read Matthew Vines’ book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships.