Coming Out Late With Andrew Bailey. The Realization That He Was Gay, What It Meant For His Career As A Lutheran Pastor, & How He Found His Happiness.

Coming Out Late With Andrew Bailey. The Realization That He Was Gay, What It Meant For His Career As A Lutheran Pastor, & How He Found His Happiness.

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Coming Out Late With Andrew Bailey. The Realization That He Was Gay, What It Meant For His Career As A Lutheran Pastor, & How He Found His Happiness.

Andrew Bailey is a native Hoosier. He was born in 1969 and raised in Richmond, IN. He graduated from Indiana University in 1992 with a BA in psychology. He then attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN, graduating in 1996 with an MDiv. Andrew served two ELCA Lutheran congregations in northwest Indiana from 1996-2014. 
He came to terms with being a gay man in 2009, and left ordained ministry in 2014. In 2015, he went back to school and graduated with a Master of Arts in Teaching, Special Education focus in 2017 and EdS in ELL and Curriculum and Instruction in 2022. Andrew is currently the case manager at a high school in Chicago Public Schools. Andrew now resides in Chicago with his four children.

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Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches

http://chicagowelcomingchurches.org/

The Trevor Project-Supporting Queer Youth

thetrevorproject.org

Black Led Organization Supporting Social Justice in Black LGBTQ Communities In Chicago

https://www.affinity95.org/

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