Ken and the Gospel of Secrets

Rebekah and Ken wander through the challenge of coming out, churches' limitations, finding your authentic self, the courage to trust yourself, etc... Kenneth D. Wortley was born in 1951 in Saginaw, Michigan USA, to a blue collar family of four. He went to college at Eastern Baptist College and Seminary where he received his Bacholar degree in Sociology and earned his Masters degree in Theology in Philadelphia Pennyslvania in 1978 . He was married in the summer of 1972. He and his spouse have two grown boys who live in the state of Washington. Ken successfully served as Pastor and Preacher in churches in Colorado, Portland Oregon, Walnut Creek California, ending his church work in Spokane Washington. He transitioned from the church to earn another Master Degree in Education at Eastern Washington University and began to teach middle school in Spokane Schools for 20 years. . Upon retiring from teaching he remarried, to a Brasilian in 2014 and they moved to Joao Pessoa Brasil, where he presently teaches English with an online company with students from across the entire country . He and his partner enjoy the beautiful beaches and the wonderful culture of Brasil. When he went through divorce and coming out as a gay man late in life, he journaled his journey which became the basis of his new book “ The Gospel Of Secrets; A memoir of truth, liberation and love”. The book has gone #1 on for new Lgbtq Memoir books. Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4yssakvt https://kenwortley.com/