Gregory Coles
Gregory Coles is an author, memoirist, and scholar whose courageous storytelling and theological reflection help readers navigate the tension between identity and faith. He holds a PhD in English from Penn State University and serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender in Idaho’s Treasure Valley. Gregory is the author of Single, Gay, Christian: A Personal Journey of Faith and Sexual Identity and No Longer Strangers: Finding Belonging in a World of Alienation, where he explores belonging, alienation, and faith in the margins.
“The church that learns to invite all people into human/sexual wholeness will be a church infused with grace; a church where every sexual being encounters a positive vision for their sexuality; a church that honors the distinctive beauties of both marriage and singleness; a church that rejects behavior management in favor of true life-altering discipleship.”
— Gregory Coles & Debra Hirsch, Red Skies: 10 Essential Conversations Exploring Our Future as the Church
