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James Melville "Mel" White (born June 26, 1940) is an American clergyman and author. White was a behind-the-scenes member of the Evangelical Protestant movement through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, writing film and television specials and ghostwriting autobiographies for televangelists such as Jerry Falwell , Pat Robertson , and Billy Graham .
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Learn about Mel White's life, from his ghost-writing career for evangelical leaders to his coming out as a gay Christian and his fight for justice. Read his autobiography, watch his videos, and see his photos.
Learn about Mel's life, books, and activism for LGBTQ+ rights. Read his latest health updates and his new book Storming The Gate.
Mel White is a former ghostwriter for religious right leaders and a gay Christian activist. His best-selling autobiography Stranger at the Gate tells his story of coming out and confronting the anti-gay rhetoric of the radical right.
Our co-founder, Mel White, began sowing the seeds of Soulforce after serving evangelical Christians as a pastor, seminary professor, filmmaker, and communications consultant, ghostwriting autobiographies for prominent Religious Right leaders.
Apr 1, 1995 · What these men didn't know was that Mel White—evangelical minister, committed Christian, family man—was gay. In this remarkable book, Mel White details his twenty-five years of being counseled, exorcised, electric-shocked, prayed for, and nearly driven to suicide because his church said homosexuality was wrong.
Mel White, Author of Stranger at the Gate - To Be Gay and Christian in America, Founder of Soulforce, Social Activist and Blogger. Visit www.melwhite.org.