Episode 165: Ken Wortley

Kenneth D. Wortley was born in 1951 in Saginaw, Michigan USA, to a blue-collar family of four. He attended Eastern Baptist College and Seminary where he received his Bachelor degree in Sociology and earned his master’s degree in theology in Philadelphia Pennsylvania in 1978. He was married in the summer of 1972. He and his spouse have two grown boys who live in the state of Washington. Ken successfully served as Pastor and Preacher in churches in Colorado, Portland Oregon, and Walnut Creek California, ending his church work in Spokane Washington. He left the church to earn another master’s degree in education at Eastern Washington University and began to teach middle school in Spokane Schools for 20 years. 

Upon retiring from teaching he married a Brasilian in 2014 and they moved to Joao Pessoa Brasil, where he presently teaches English through an online company with students from across the entire country. He and his partner enjoy the beautiful beaches and the wonderful culture of Brasil.

When he went through divorce and came out as a gay man late in life, he journaled his journey which became the basis of his new book “The Gospel Of Secrets; A Memoir of Truth, Liberation and Love”. The book has reached #1 on Amazon for new LGBTQ+ Memoir books.