An Evening with Ray Boltz
No one should ever be forced to choose between their faith and their authentic self. For one night, you can create a space where no one has to.
This is not simply a concert. It is a cultural and historical event.
Few artists shaped modern Christian music more than Ray Boltz. His songs scored worship services, youth camps, and revivals for millions. When he came out in 2008, an industry that had celebrated him turned away, and his honesty became a lifeline for LGBTQ people of faith who believed they were alone.
During LGBTQ History Month, your sponsorship puts that story in front of the people who shape the conversation about faith, identity, and belonging in our nation's capital.
- ✓30+ states are still debating LGBTQ rights.
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- ✓This evening opens a rare, public space for dialogue and healing.
A voice the Church loved,
then turned away
Three decades at the center
One of Christian music's most beloved and influential artists.
2008 · He comes out
A courageous public announcement that made national headlines.
Estranged from Christian music
Coming out estranged him from the evangelical audience and industry that built him.
A lifeline for others
His truth gave hope to LGBTQ people of faith navigating the same questions.
Read the story.
Hear the songs.
The Washington Blade, the capital's LGBTQ paper, broke Ray's story in 2008. He had already stepped away from Christian music; coming out estranged him from the evangelical audience that had built his career. Affirming churches gave him a new stage.
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Why this night
is personal
This night is deeply personal for me.
I was a closeted trans kid who spent my teenage years and much of my twenties leading worship in some of the early megachurches of Arkansas and Florida while quietly wrestling with my own identity. Week after week, I sang Ray Boltz's songs and poured my heart into ministry, all while carrying questions I was terrified to ask out loud.
Was I a fraud?
Could God still use me if people knew who I really was?
Would I lose my church family if they discovered the authentic me?
What I didn't know at the time was that one of the artists I admired most was wrestling with many of those same questions. Ray Boltz represented the very best of Christian music, an artist whose songs shaped my faith and the faith of millions of others. When he came out publicly in 2008, it was more than a headline. For many of us, it was a glimpse of a future we weren't sure existed.
Ray's courage gave me hope that LGBTQ people would one day find full acceptance within the Church. That progress has been slower than many of us imagined. Today, countless LGBTQ people still face rejection, exclusion, and impossible choices between authenticity and belonging. Many continue to hear that they must choose between their faith and their identity.
That is why this event matters. During LGBTQ History Month, we gather not only to celebrate an extraordinary artist, but to honor a story that helped countless people believe they were not alone, acknowledging both the progress made and the work that remains unfinished.
This evening is about music, but it is also about healing. It is about truth, resilience, and hope. It is about creating a space where people can feel the grief, the joy, the anger, the healing, the death, and the resurrection that so many LGBTQ people of faith have experienced.
Most importantly, it is a reminder that no one should ever be forced to choose between their faith and their authentic self.
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