Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social Recovering certainty addict.
Co-host, Veterans of Culture Wars podcast. Musician, former worship leader, helped destroy Mars Hill Church, not really sure what I believe anymore, and ok with that. He/Him
https://linktr.ee/vcwpod
Chrissy Stroop @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Christian Nightmares @christiannightmare.bsky.social Subscribe to my Substack ⬇️ https://christiannightmares.substack.com/subscribe
Blake Chastain @brchastain.social Author, Exvangelical & Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back. Host: Exvangelical. Words: RNS, Religion Dispatches. Yes I have a newsletter. www.blakechastain.com
Cortland Coffey @cortland.me soft bi boi | he/him | pfp by Spooky.Unicorns on IG & threads. @thepursuinglife.bsky.social 's co-host on @thereafterpod
Mason Mennenga @masonmennenga.bsky.social skillet’s wario | youtube.com/masonmennenga | he/him
Tori Williams Douglass @toriglass.bsky.social co-host of White Homework, co-host of @gohomebible.
former conservative antiracism educator because i like reading. community > everything. exvangelical, 🏳️🌈 | 📍PDX (but probably hiking)
Meghan | The Pursuing Life @meghankcrozier.bsky.social Cohost Thereafter Podcast + Scidentity Crisis | Bi 🩷💙💜, Exvangelical, Educator, Runner | Vinyl, Cats, PNW + OH, Witchy | Previously ThePursuingLife | NEW PODCAST COMING SOON
Transvangelical @transvangelical.com MDiv. 18+ Model. Theologian. Linguist. Became the stumbling block purity culture warned about. She/her
Transvangelical.com
Justin Gentry @justingentry.bsky.social Delightful pile of sentient stardust. Cohost of Go Home Bible; You’re Drunk and REVcovery. Enthusiast. Occasional TTRPG player. ADHD. He/Him.
Veterans of Culture Wars @vcwpod.bsky.social Veterans of Culture Wars is a podcast where @muzach.bsky.social and @davelester80.bsky.social talk about the beliefs, history, culture and personal stories from Evangelical Christianity.
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Bemused Ross @roscoejones.bsky.social • Trying to construct values around communal thriving
• I’m funnier online
He/Him
Jazz Robertson @jazzrobertson.bsky.social Drummer | Dabbler | Once & future traveler | Tech-ish | she/her/ella | L.A.🌴
Erica Smith @ericasmithsexed.bsky.social Sex education after high control religion. Creator of Purity Culture Dropout.™ Repro Justice. Old punk queer femme. Philly. 🥨
@ericasmith.educates on Instagram
purityculturedropout.com to work together
Nisei Nate (he/him) @natenakao.com Queer leftist Exvangelical creating digital media | I talk gaming, sci-fi, sports, PC building, and podcasting | Host/Producer @asiansinhockey.com | GoHabsGo | COYG | NYY since birth | 🇵🇭🇯🇵🇺🇸
Find me in the land between Exit 153A and Exit 16W.
1312
Gail M @gail-m.bsky.social she / her
Dissent, Persist, Dismantle
Lives in colonized America on Leni Lenape land.
Podcaster. Beach lover, poutine enthusiast. Swears in French at hockey games.
Full Mutuality @fullmutuality.com Processing and recovering from toxic religious beliefs; deconstructing and decolonizing.
https://linktr.ee/fullmutuality
hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social Co-Host of the White Homework podcast. Exvangelical. Adoptee. Former educator. Writer. Musician. Speaker. Advocate.
Philly born. ATL dwelling.
@heytherebenji on IG & TikTok.
Jeremy! @dadnomad.bsky.social Here to connect and to stay afloat. Married. Dad of 2. Hiker of trails. Adorer of music & movies. Nomadic wanderer of the exvangelical wilds. Carpe of the diem. Writer of things. CLICK BELOW TO READ MY STUFF! https://open.substack.com/pub/jeremywingert79
Dauntless Media Collective @dauntless.fm Podcasts for Exvangelicals and other cult survivors. Subscribe to any of our shows by visiting https://dauntless.fm.
Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi - Co-host @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social and @vbs.bsky.social
- Author of The Athletic's college football newsletter
- Author of this USAT Best-Selling novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Is_a_World_Without_You
Vacation Bible School Podcast 🏳️🌈 @vbs.bsky.social Crash-coursing the Bible, a book we were poorly taught as church kids. For believers/non-believers/whoever! By @jasonkirk.fyi and @its-mle.bsky.social
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vacation-bible-school-podcast/id1511438277
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the Europe & the US 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
Agent: Landwehr & Cie
Events: Paula Döring, Kulturagentur
Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social Author - "A Beautiful Year" and 11 other books on faith, culture, politics & history. Duke PhD. Myriad bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com. Opposed to theocrats. Struggling gardener and dog mom.
huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social “guards, seize he/him!”
managing editor @sojo.net.
nyc
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Out Sept 15: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social President and founder of PRRI and NYT bestselling author of Backslide; The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net.
Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
Johnna Harris @johnnarae.bsky.social Cohost of The Bodies Behind the Bus Podcast
Fighting for goodness & truth
Exposing and advocating against religious abuse.
Clinging to hope
https://linktr.ee/bodiesbehindthebus?fbclid=PAAaa_sJ6oS-gGUIby91Ay9ylHsZXQA-veD8x-PnSHMqiYuEQrS1HuWzLfUK
Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social visiting scholar at @faithandjustice.bsky.social | creator: "Charismatic Revival Fury" podcast | author: "The Violent Take It by Force" | www.drmatthewdtaylor.com
Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social Money, Lies, and God & other books
Katherinestewart.me, https://substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks
Media & speaking requests contact goodnewskatherine@gmail.com
R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social Child liberation theologian, child and survivor advocate. Learn more about my work: www.rlstollar.com. He/him.
Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social 🌗 She/Her I am a history teacher, philosophy student, Jesus obsessive, AnarchoPacifist, wife, and father. I am also a writer and blogger.
billieiswriting.substack.com
April Ajoy @aprilajoy.bsky.social Author of Star-Spangled Jesus
Humorously detoxing 🇺🇲 Christianity
kevin nye @kevinmnye.bsky.social Writer/advocate on homelessness, housing, harm reduction, and faith
Author of “Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness” https://kevinmnye.com/
🏳️🌈 affirming, liberationist, abolitionist Christian ; he/him
Bi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 @thesnarkygent.bsky.social alias Matt • agnostic, autistic, bisexual • probably playing a board game in his head right now
writing at https://poetry-of-the-small-and-strange.ghost.io/
Dave Lester @davelester80.bsky.social Host of the podcast “Does the Bible say THAT?!?” Film watcher. Post-Evangelical. Committed Christian.
Potty-Mouthed Ex-Pastor’s Wife @jennywood.bsky.social XChristian, Dabbler, Creatrix
I want to know more about IFS, Jung, Archetypes, Tarot, gardening, herbs, hearth magic
I write here woodcarver.substack.com w/ @thismicahcarver.bsky.social
Mandy Capehart @mandycapehart.bsky.social Grief & trauma expert, cheeky best friend to few, author to many, & insightful coach to the best clients ever. Spotify’s favorite indie podcast host!
Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. I'm probably in my camper.
André Gagné @profgagne.bsky.social Professeur titulaire - Full Professor, @Concordia | Recherche - Research: Pentecôtismes - Pentecostalisms; Religion et politique - Religion and Politics; Évangéliques - Evangelicals
• Lien à ma page facultaire - Faculty page: https://shorturl.at/Riclq
Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social journalist, author, reads too much. haggard and unblest. trans guy, he/him. feygeleh & proud 🦩
newsletter:
buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich
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Tim-my Eat World 😋🌏🎶 @t2thacoops.bsky.social Sad Emo Dad -Award Winner Southwest (PHX, AZ)
music, cooking, reading, weed, sports, #exChristian recovering from religious indoctrination
photos: ALL I NEED IS JUST TO HEAR A SONG I KNOW on a bar beam, man w/ stache under playplace balls
Micah Carver @thismicahcarver.bsky.social Storyteller. Father. Husband. Other things.
I write about #MalePatternBrokenness and #TheEtiquetteofFallingApart, among other things. Follow @jennywood.bsky.social and find me/us all across the internet:
https://linktr.ee/micahcarver
Gregory Alan Thornbury, Ph.D. @gregorythornbury.bsky.social Lacanian. Rockabilly guitarist. Rogue theologian. Art world executive. Author of *Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music? Larry Norman & The Perils of Christian Rock* (Convergent/Random House) Pioneer of #criticalkayfabetheory
jesseca @jesseca.bsky.social The pink haired feminist killjoy your parents warned you about. 
Matt Nightingale @mattnightingale.bsky.social Alejandro’s husband. Co-pastor of @wearethequest.bsky.social. Founder of @commonsanctuary.bsky.social. Spiritual director. TED talker. All Christian, all gay, all the time. #FaithfullyLGBT #BLM He/him
God @almightygod.bsky.social I'm into creating universes, smiting people, writing holy books and listening to prayers. They/Them
Celeste Irwin 🏳️⚧️ @celestefinally.bsky.social Pro-justice, anti-bully. Christian-ish, trying to follow love. Writer. Married. 2 kids. Survivor. She/her, trans/lesbian, polyamorous 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Substack: https://www.celestefinally.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Celestial-Navigation
Lindsay Fickas @lindsayfickas.bsky.social Your least favorite account’s favorite account. She/her.
Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus.
Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian
ContrarianNews.org
Portland, Oregon
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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social writer. mother. gremlin. PhD. MFA. author: Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl & Sexism Ed. co-host: @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
Leah Payne @drleahpayne.bsky.social Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM
@OUPReligion | Affil. Scholar @PRRI | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
Crystal Cheatham @thecheath.bsky.social Sometimes the king is a woman. #ProgressiveChristian #Lesbian #Black #Christian (and I love cartoons)
Download Our Bible App on iOS and Android www.ourbibleapp.com 😇
Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Roles: Journal Editor Sociology of Religion, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Religion, AAR Religion & Social Science Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D
Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own
Jessie McLaughlin @losfamgeles.bsky.social Interiors of spaces and people. My dog’s favorite.Trying not to embarrass my kids. Annoyingly sincere. Therapy stan. Have feelings will overshare. Angeleno and Carolinian. She/her
Emily Joy Allison @emilyjoyallison.bsky.social Writer on religion, gender and sexuality, focusing on Christianity in the US, sexual violence and evangelicalism. Author of #ChurchToo and So You Want to Read the Bible (William Morrow 2027). Views & swears my own 🌈
Em✨ @thelifeshewrote.bsky.social Indie Author writing contemporary romance. ✨Under the Same Night Sky✨ out now, links in tree.
AuDHD • exvie • ex-church staffer • 🩷💜💙 • she/her • https://linktr.ee/thelifeshewrote
Derek @derektheheretic.bsky.social Equal parts deep and goofy 🫶🏼
Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social Scholar of Christian nationalism and the American Right. Award-winning author and podcaster. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media. Words: NYT, Rolling Stone, Politico, NBC, HuffPost, LARB, Revealer, and more.
www.axismundi.us
Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social Ex-CIA Africa analyst. PhD historian. Author of The Missionary Kids (Runner up for RNA Book of the Year).
https://hollyberkleyfletcher.substack.com
@TheBulwark @Lawfare @liberalcurrents @goodfaithmedia
Co-Host @DogShirtTV
Art For Democracy @ Etsy
Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social ✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America
🙄 also "cults"
🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF
📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020)
https://megan-goodwin.com/design
Maggie @hellodecons.bsky.social 
Rick Pidcock @rickpidcock.bsky.social Weekly contributor for Baptist News Global | Currently writing "Weapons of Worship" (Broadleaf Books, 2026) | Host of BNG's "Highest Power: Church + State" | Stay at home dad | He/him | www.rickpidcock.com | rickpidcock.substack.com
Mike McHargue @mikemchargue.bsky.social Mostly here to lurk. My favorite hobby is deleting my social media profiles. Don't be shocked if I vanish.
Rhett McLaughlin @rhettmc.mythical.com Youtube Elder Statesman. That guy from those guys.
Good Mythical Morning, Wonderhole, Ear Biscuits
♫ 🎤🎸 James and the Shame
mythical.com
Rachel Klinger Cain @rachelklingercain.bsky.social Will never experience true happiness again since they discontinued pistachio Oreos.
Kaitlin Shetler @kaitlinshetler.bsky.social writes so-so poetry and dorky fanfiction, flaming heretic, unsettling fascination with horror tropes, and fan of a democracy not crumbling into fascism
Catherine McNiel @catherinemcniel.bsky.social ✍️Author. Editor. Speaker. Chaplain. ⛪
ISO: beauty, wisdom, iced coffee. Often seen gardening. MDiv-ing @NPTSem. Please Bible Responsibly
CatherineMcNiel.com
Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social New Testament Review Podcast. Not Peer Reviewed on Substack. PhD New Testament, Duke. Follow for New Testament, theology, crochet, pop culture, excessive cat documentation.
D.L. Mayfield (they/them) @dlmayfield.bsky.social 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Autistic non-binary, exvangelical, tired. Co-founder of STRONGWILLED, a multi-media project focused on survivors of religious authoritarian parenting methods.
http://strongwilledproject.com
Teresa Kim Pecinovsky @tkpcreates.bsky.social Creative ministry, chaplaincy, advocacy | Author: Mother God | Co-Author: The Peace Table | New: Sparking Peace | Views my own
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.
XianJaneway @xianjaneway.bsky.social #ADHD patient advocate, #woodworker, #reseller, & thrifting expert. Former conservative #Evangelical complementarian, abuse survivor, & not Kate Mulgrew. Married ~20yrs, mother of queer kids, she/her
Josie McSkimming @josiemcskimming.bsky.social PhD. Social Worker. Author: ‘Gutsy Girls’ @uqpbooks 2025, & ‘Leaving Christian Fundamentalism & the Reconstruction of Identity', Routledge, 2016.
Environmentalist. No DMs.
Living in Sydney NSW: Gadigal land.
#exvangelical
Scott M. Coley @scottmcoley.bsky.social author | professor | consultant | political philosophy, metaethics, philosophy of religion | views expressed are my own | 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎: 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ, 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑅𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 https://a.co/d/a8zoXdA
Gretchen Baskerville-The Life-Saving Divorce @lifesavingdivorce.bsky.social Divorce recovery leader for 20+ years in Christian churches. Yes, you can find joy again. For those who need a life-saving divorce to save their life & sanity. Author "The Life-Saving Divorce" http://amzn.to/3CCBsnr @GGBaskerville
www.lifesavingdivorce.com
Julie Anne Smith @defendthesheep.bsky.social I have 2 gigs:
1) I am one of the #DisobedientWomen and 'Sheep lady' blogger concerned about the harm done to women and the vulnerable in the name of Christ. #churchtoo (Bio: http://goo.gl/eFI15S)
2) Cybersecurity Analyst
she/her
@saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social The After Purity Project: Race, Sex and Religion in White Christian America
More writing: https://substack.com/@afterpurity
Lindsay Strannigan @lindsaystrannigan.bsky.social EAT THE RICH // Ex-fundie turned Episcopal. Social media manager and political activist. Bisexual, religiously traumatized, and trying to work for a better world where everyone thrives.
📍Portland, OR
Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author.
📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American
📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom
Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
@straightwhitejc.bsky.social @straightwhitejc.bsky.social 
Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
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