Our Story

Inclusive Faith did not begin with a microphone, a website, or a plan. It began with a calling, a love, and years of living at the intersection of faith and identity.

For more than three decades, Greg served as a United Methodist pastor. He preached, taught, walked with people through grief and joy, doubt and hope, faith and transformation. Ministry shaped his life in beautiful and demanding ways, and he loved the church deeply.

Yet beneath that faithful work, there was tension. Greg is a gay man serving in a denomination that did not always make space for him to live openly. He knew inclusive spaces existed, but they were harder to find than they should have been. They were not always places where he could both serve and be fully himself.

For years, he sought to change. He endured conversion therapy. He spent countless nights in prayer asking God to take this part of him away. He wrestled with fear, shame, and longing. But the change he prayed for never came. Over time, something deeper became clear. God had not rejected him. God had never left. The struggle was not with who he was, but with the belief that he had to be someone else to be faithful.

After years of prayer, discernment, and healing, Greg chose integrity over silence and came out publicly, embracing both his call to ministry and the person God created him to be.

The response from the United Methodist Church was swift. Greg was suspended from ministry, and his life was suddenly uprooted. What had been steady became uncertain. What had been familiar disappeared. He entered a season of loss and deep questioning.

It was during this chapter of life that our paths became one.

Together, we began building a shared life rooted in love, honesty, and faith. As husbands and partners in life and ministry, we walked through uncertainty with a growing conviction that calling had not ended. It was being reshaped.

Kade’s journey had already been shaped by a deep passion for creating spaces of belonging. Through leadership in ministry, communication, and community building, he worked to help people feel seen, welcomed, and empowered to live honestly. As our lives intertwined, that vision and Greg’s lived experience began to form something new.

That season deepened our compassion and strengthened our conviction that spaces of thoughtful, inclusive faith should not be rare exceptions. They should be visible, accessible, and easier to find.

Kade carried a growing vision that what we had long searched for could be built in a way that was reachable for others. Not just conversation, but shared space. Not just story, but resources. A place where people could find language for their faith, courage for their identity, and community for their journey. At the heart of that vision was a simple hope that no one would have to walk through faith, doubt, identity, or belonging feeling alone.

Over time, we realized the conversations we were having about faith, identity, belonging, and the tensions many carry were not ours alone. Many are searching for a place where faith and identity are not enemies. A place where questions are welcomed. A place where belonging does not require shrinking.

Inclusive Faith grew from that shared conviction.

But Inclusive Faith is not only about our story.

It is about creating space for many stories. A space where faith and identity can live together. A space where honesty is not punished and questions are not feared. A space where people can live fully and belong completely.

What began in lived experience is becoming a shared movement of thoughtful, honest, inclusive faith.