On Being Christian and Same-Sex Attracted in Africa: Steve Mwendia
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🗓️ 22 September 2025
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Steve Mwendia is a Kenyan Christian, who experiences same-sex attraction. Steve founded a ministry called “Found” that aims to walk alongside believers experiencing same-sex orientation and/or gender dysphoria, helping them flourish in their faith, identity, and community. See more at foundafric.org. Join the Theology in the Raw community for as little as $5/month to get access to premium content.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in the Raw. My guest today is Steve Mwanda, |
| 0:05.6 | who is a Kenyan Christian who experiences same-sex attraction. He founded a ministry called |
| 0:11.1 | Found, and this ministry aims to walk alongside believers experiencing same-sex orientation |
| 0:16.3 | and or gender dysphoria, helping them flourish in their faith, identity, and community. You can go to the website,, you know, it's well found, a F-R-I-C dot or check it out in the show notes. I highly recommend checking out this awesome ministry. And I've known about Steve for a long time. This is the first time we actually had a conversation on Theology and Arras. So please welcome to the show for the first time. |
| 0:39.5 | The one and only, Steve Mwendia. |
| 0:50.3 | Steve, welcome to Theology Dera. |
| 0:52.3 | I have been wanting to have you on for a long time. |
| 0:55.0 | I've known about you from a distance for a long time. |
| 0:58.2 | And, you know, I came across your name on social media as being a Christian who is, you know, |
| 1:05.7 | experiences same-sex attraction and lives in Kenya. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm like, oh, that's probably not easy. It would be challenging |
| 1:16.1 | if you lived in America. I'm curious about your African context. Tell us your story. You can start as far back |
| 1:23.7 | as actually, I would love to know like when you came to grips with the fact that you |
| 1:28.1 | were experiencing same-sex attraction what was it like for you living in Kenya um thank you for |
| 1:33.0 | so happy to be here I am a listen of theology in the row podcast from way back um yeah way back |
| 1:40.4 | in 2018 is when I came to terms with the fact that I have same-sex attractions and that |
| 1:48.2 | they may not go away. But then when I was 17 years old, is the first time when I realized that |
| 1:57.2 | something might not be okay with how I experienced my attractions. |
| 2:02.6 | Before then, I think as early as 10 years old, I had an experience where I would find myself |
| 2:10.6 | getting aroused by the idea of seeing another man naked or just imagination of that. |
| 2:19.9 | But then I never thought of it as anything else. |
| 2:23.7 | Also because by that time I didn't know anything about being gay or something like that. |
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