Gary is the co-founder of Soulforce and has been with the organization before conception doing what has been needed from behind the scenes. Working as a team, he and Mel celebrated 28 years of life together in 2009. Gary and Mel live in Lynchburg, VA, where Gary manages the business office and fills orders for […]
LGBT activism
Jay Bakker
Jay Bakker is a 32 year old pastor who grew up witnessing both the good and bad of the church. His parents are Jim and Tammy Faye, ministers-turned-TV-hosts, who helped start both the Trinity Broadcasting Network and the 700 Club in the 1970’s, and later founded the PTL (Praise The Lord) Club. At the height […]
Judy Osborne
Judy Osborne is a transgender woman who has been active in the transgender community for more than thirty years. She is past president of The Emerald City in Seattle, a social/support organization for newly-out transgender people, serving on its board for a total of 12 years while promoting the organization’s political outreach. She also served […]
Karen Ball
Karen is a leader and project manager in the public, private and non-profit sectors, assisting clients in achieving their strategic and operational objectives. The last 15 years have been focused on Information Technology, directing complex projects, delivering training, identifying and documenting business processes, and negotiating. She is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and an […]
Phil Reitan
Philip R. Reitan and his family have been involved in the work of Soulforce for several years. Phil has been representing the injured and disabled people of southern Minnesota for the past 30 years. He is certified as a Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Mr. Reitan limits his practice […]
Rev. Dr. Mel White, President & Founder
The Rev. Dr. Mel White is a former ghostwriter for fellow evangelicals, including Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Jim Bakker, and Jerry Falwell. Inspired by the nonviolence movements of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., White developed a program based on their principles to address the suffering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. In 1997, […]