Ex-Gay Bishop Speaks Out: Keith McQueen’s Unfiltered Journey from Affirmation to Truth

Keith McQueen’s story is not one of overnight change or simple answers.

It is a complex, painful, and deeply spiritual journey that spans decades of ministry, internal conflict, global influence, and ultimate surrender.

Once a prominent bishop within the LGBTQ-affirming Christian movement, McQueen now speaks openly about what he calls a life of contradiction—anointed, gifted, yet bound.

Raised in Columbia, South Carolina, McQueen grew up in a deeply traditional Pentecostal home under the care of his grandparents.

Prayer was not an event; it was a lifestyle.

His grandmother’s early-morning intercession shaped his understanding of God long before he understood theology.

By the age of nine, McQueen was preaching sermons.

By eleven, he was casting out demons, prophesying, and moving crowds with a spiritual authority far beyond his years.

Yet beneath the visible anointing lay an invisible struggle.

As he entered puberty, McQueen became aware of same-sex attraction—something never discussed with compassion or clarity in his church environment.

He learned quickly that certain struggles were not to be confessed, only suppressed.

While his gift was celebrated, his inner battle remained unseen.

Fear, not understanding, became the governing force.

Holiness was preached, but healing was never modeled.

When McQueen left home for college in Atlanta, that silence collided with exposure.

For the first time, he encountered affirming theology—churches that welcomed LGBTQ individuals without condemnation.

What struck him most was not doctrine, but acceptance.

For a young man who had never felt safe enough to be honest, conversation felt like love.

That acceptance soon became his new spiritual home.

McQueen immersed himself in affirming Christianity, studying theology intensely and debating both sides of Scripture.

Over time, he became not just a participant, but a leader.

He planted churches across the United States and internationally, including in Brazil, South Africa, and Kenya.

His ministry grew rapidly, fueled by supernatural manifestations, prophetic accuracy, and undeniable charisma.

Eventually, he married a man.

Their relationship lasted ten years.

From the outside, the marriage appeared healthy and inspirational—a model of what affirming Christianity promised.

Behind closed doors, McQueen says, it was anything but.

He describes widespread hypersexuality within the affirming community, broken relationships masked by spiritual language, and marriages that were neither monogamous nor whole.

Still, the church grew.

People were delivered.

Miracles happened.

That was the paradox.

“The gift was real,” McQueen explains, “but gifting is not God’s approval.”

He points to Scripture and personal experience to argue that anointing and bondage can coexist.

God, he believes, moves through people because of love for those being served—not as validation of the servant’s private life.

The breaking point did not come through scandal, but through revelation.

During a season of isolation, prayer, and fasting, McQueen describes a moment where God confronted him directly.

He saw his congregation—not healed, but hurting.

He heard God say he had spent years winning arguments instead of saving souls.

The theology he defended was not transforming lives, including his own.

What followed was costly obedience.

McQueen divorced, stepped away from senior pastoral leadership, and entered what he calls a wilderness season.

Relationships were lost.

Reputation collapsed.

Old sermon clips resurfaced online, reigniting debates he no longer believed in.

According to McQueen, God told him silence was no longer an option.

If he had been vocal for error, he must be just as vocal for truth.

Today, McQueen rejects the idea that temptation defines identity.

He teaches that conviction is not shame, but revelation of self-worth.

“You’re not your temptation,” he says.

“You’re trusted with resistance.”

Freedom, in his view, is not the absence of desire, but the authority to say no.

Perhaps most controversially, McQueen challenges how churches engage the LGBTQ community.

He condemns condemnation itself, arguing that rejection only deepens bondage.

His message to parents is clear: amplify love, not fear.

“You can’t yell someone free,” he insists.

“You have to love them into truth.”

McQueen’s story has made him both sought-after and rejected.

To supporters, he is a bridge—someone who understands both worlds intimately.

To critics, he is dangerous.

Yet he remains firm: truth, he says, is not an argument or ideology.

It is a person.

And that person changed everything.

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