ABOUT THE AUTHOR

​Thea grew up Independent Fundamental Baptist and was homeschooled. In her early teens, she started to question whether her denomination was really the “only true church” and found there was very little about her church that was true at all. Isolated and depressed, when she finally awakened to the destructive teachings of her church, she found that leaving would not be easy. After spending years in terror of an angry, fundamentalist God, Thea finally reopened her Bible and discovered the Gospel, and a freedom she had only dreamed of.  

 

While still recovering, Thea wants to share her candid, unfinished story, in hopes of encouraging other survivors to run to Jesus, no matter how messy the journey may be. She also hopes that through transparency about her ongoing battle with depression and trauma, other survivors will feel heard and validated in their own journeys. Thea welcomes comments and messages from her readers and would love to speak to your church or small group about ministry safety and preventing church abuse.