Religious trauma is trauma

This Little Light of Mine - LGBTQ, Christianity, religious trauma, mental health

By sharing his own personal experience with religious trauma and evolution towards leaving fundamentalism behind, Andrew Pledger was fired from his campus job and expelled from Bob Jones University.

Join our conversation as Andrew shares how his art gave him a unique opportunity to explore how religious trauma has impact his life and how he started his own journey of healing, spiritual growth, and listening to God to become his own hero.

Resource List:

• This I know: A Simple Biblical Defence for LGBTQ Christians, by Jim Dant
• My Gay Church Days: A memoir of a closeted evangelical pastor who eventually had enough, by George Azar
• The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents, by Lindsay C. Gibson
• Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion, by Marlene Winell
• Beyond Shame: Creating a Healthy Sex Life on Your Own Terms, by Matthias Roberts
• Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma, by Teresa B Pasquale
• First Baptist Church, Greenville SC
• ChurchClarity