US Christian children’s book author, Matthew Paul Turner, came out as gay on social media and announced that he was divorcing his wife.
Turner, the former editor of CCM (a magazine covering contemporary Christian music), and the author of several bestselling children’s books and The Coffeehouse Gospel made the announcement on Facebook and Instagram in late July.
There he wrote: ‘As someone who spent 30+ years in fundamentalist/evangelical churches, exploring God through conservative theologies, I’ve lived many days overwhelmed by fear, shame, and self-hatred.’
