Ex'd Out: How I Fired the Shame Committee

John Smid was a well known national leader and spokesperson with the message of "Freedom from homosexuality through Jesus Christ." Within these pages he describes the journey that he embarked upon after he said "God, Surprise Me!" A provocative and personal journal of how John "exited" the ex-gay world and began the process of integration into an authentic life.

The signature of John's vocational ministry and public speaking is his honest, vulnerable, straight forward and open style. No matter what John is speaking or writing about, his life application and story is always included in what he has to share. John lives in Memphis Tennessee and has a ministry with the gay community that reveals the message of an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ and genuine community with His followers - because every person deserves to know that Jesus loves them.