--- title: Matthew Vines | TIME description: Vines is the author of God and the Gay Christian and the executive director of The Reformation Project, a Bible-based non-profit organization. canonical: https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Matthew Vines ## Matthew Vines [_Vines_](http://www.matthewvines.com/) _is the author of_ [God and the Gay Christian](https://www.amazon.com/God-Gay-Christian-Biblical-Relationships/dp/1601425163/ref=tmm%5Fhrd%5Fswatch%5F0) _and the executive director of The Reformation Project, a Bible-based non-profit organization._ ## Matthew Vines *  Jul 14, 2017 ### [A Beloved Former Pastor Retracted His Support of Same-Sex Marriage. It Will Harm LGBTQ People More Than He May Know](https://time.com/4859620/eugene-peterson-bible-homosexuality-gay-marriage/) How a widely read Christian's change of heart will be used against LGBTQ people [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 13, 2016 ### [What Christians Must Do in the Wake of Orlando](https://time.com/4366465/christians-after-orlando/) Mourn with us, and don’t qualify your lament [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 11, 2014 ### [10 Reasons God Loves Gay Chrisitans](https://time.com/2842044/gay-christians/) When I started writing my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/","name":"Matthew Vines"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/"},"name":"Matthew Vines","jobTitle":null,"description":"Vines is the author of God and the Gay Christian and the executive director of The Reformation Project, a Bible-based non-profit organization.","url":"https://time.com/author/matthew-vines/","sameAs":["https://x.com/VinesMatthew"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```