In 2019, Brian co-founded Renovus, an organization equipping LGBTQ+ people to reclaim their relationship with Jesus. Today, hundreds of LGBTQ+ people attend Renovus events and home groups. An encouraging byproduct of this growing community has been the friends, families and churches wanting to be a part of our restorative work. Thus, Making Things Right was born.
In 2021, Brian published a foundational white paper presenting the harmful religious experiences of LGBTQ+ people, inviting us to a more compassionate Christian response. Soon after, the Making Things Right project was launched, featuring podcast episodes, videos, and recommended organizations that serve Christians and churches wrestling with LGBTQ+ matters. In 2022, MTR Connect events kicked off featuring key thought-leaders, and Brian began speaking more regularly at events. After three years of increasing impact, Making Things Right became a 501(c)(3) organization in October 2024.
If you ask LGBTQ+ people why most of them have little involvement with Christians and the church, many would share heartbreaking stories of hurt and rejection, and needing to get as far away from that as possible.
Redeeming this narrative is at the heart of all we do.
Our mission is to help reform the Christian response and responsibility to LGBTQ+ people via advocacy, thought-leadership, resources, events, and synergistic partnerships. Contrary to conventional thinking, many Christians and church leaders want to move toward a more compassionate and inclusive posture with LGBTQ+ people. Our work is built on the understanding that a patient, respectful approach is essential in serving those who are reconciling long-held beliefs with new stirrings of compassion and responsibility toward the LGBTQ+ community.
Knowing well the struggle to reconcile faith and sexuality, for two decades Brian has helped LGBTQ+ individuals, parents, and church leaders pivot from theological debates to more productive, practical engagement around LGBTQ+ matters.
His podcast mini-series was featured by Christianity Today and has over 25,000 downloads. His work has been featured in The Dallas Morning News, Baptist News Global, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He’s recently signed with Gardner Literary Agency and is working on his first book, A Quiet Reformation.
Brian works full-time as a financial services executive and dedicates much of his “spare” time to Making Things Right. Brian lives in Atlanta with his husband Dan and two daughters, yet his heart is in Italy, where he and Dan travel annually.
Kelly joined MTR in March 2024, directing marketing and operations, and developing synergistic relationships to exponentially advance the common mission of reforming the Christian response to LGBTQ+ people. While much of her work is behind the scenes, her favorite part of the job is interacting with people. As an Enneagram 2 and self-described “encourager”, she loves making human connections and being present when people need hugs and reminders that they are seen and valued just as they are.
Kelly and her husband Mickey live in metro Atlanta and are recent empty nesters. She enjoys reading, baking, hiking and traveling. Coming from a conservative evangelical background, Kelly credits her two young adult daughters for their influence in her becoming a more vocal LGBTQ+ ally.
A small group gathered at Atlanta’s 2024 Pride parade to support the LGBTQ+ community. Little did we know hundreds would be impacted by our presence that day, and several thousands after the fact thanks to Instagram and Atlanta’s largest newspaper.
Inspired by how a small group can have a big impact, MTR is taking “I’m Sorry” on the road in 2025. We will collaborate with partners across the country, as we help mobilize and equip individuals to have an intentional, healing presence at their local Pride events.
The goal is to extend love, hope, and solidarity, as we publicly exhibit a repentant and compassionate Christian posture to the LGBTQ+ community.
As an advocacy and thought-leadership organization, Making Things Right provides equitable access to information and resources that advance a reformed Christian response to LGBTQ+ people.
Combining the success of the MTR Podcast: Season One (25,000 downloads) and MTR Connect 2024 events (900+ registrants, 2000+ video replays), we are planning the 2025 season of six online events to be reproduced into our 2nd season of the podcast. Featuring key organizations, churches, and thought-leaders, we will examine the current state of the Christian-LGBTQ+ conversation. We’ll explore behind-the-scenes stories of the slow but sure move towards a reformed Christian response, and the role each of us can play in our families, churches and communities.
Brian is working on his first book, A Quiet Reformation, with a 2026 release. He’s engaged literary agent Rachelle Gardner, who has represented authors such as Rachel Held Evans and Jen Hatmaker.
While polarizing voices seem to lead the conversation, most of us live in between the extremes, where there is a different even hopeful narrative playing out. Brian plays investigative journalist, as he pulls from his 300+ documented stories and interviews with LGBTQ+ people and their families, church leaders, and key organizations. Through numerous behind-the-scenes accounts, this book provides a rare level of proximity to the experiences of LGBTQ+ people, and how Christians have increasingly over the last ten years been moving to a more compassionate, inclusive posture. In divisive times, there is hope that a quiet reformation is indeed underway.
We so value our MTR friends and partners who share in our work and mission. And we are wildly encouraged to see a growing number of Christians and churches rethinking what it means to love their LGBTQ+ neighbors well. Together, we are doubling down on hope.
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