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| birth_place = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]], [[Idaho]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|20}}
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| birth_place = [[Boise, Idaho]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Brigham Young University]]<br />[[Utah State University]]
| alma_mater = [[Brigham Young University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Utah State University]] ([[Master of Science|MS]], [[PhD]])
| occupation = Director of the [[OpenCourseWare]] Consortium
| occupation = [[Podcaster]] and [[Pundit]]<br />[[Faith crisis]] [[Coaching|coach]]<br />
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| spouse = Margi Weber Dehlin<ref name=Tedxusu/>
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'''John Parkinson Dehlin'''<ref>{{cite web|author={{ authors[i].name }} |url=https://www.scribd.com/user/298878004/John-Parkinson-Dehlin |title=John Parkinson Dehlin (john1parkinson1dehli) 2 uploads |publisher=Scribd |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|d|ə|'|l|ɪ|n}}; born August 20, 1969) is an American [[podcast]] host. He holds a PhD in psychology. Dehlin founded the ''[[Mormon Stories Podcast]]'', as well as several other podcasts, [[blog]]s, and websites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mormonstories.org |title=Mormon Stories Podcast |publisher=openstoriesfoundation.org |access-date=August 30, 2014}}</ref> He was an influential early participant in the "[[Mormon blogosphere]]," and blogs at [[Patheos.com]]. He advocates for [[LGBT rights in the United States|LGBT rights]] and other views outside mainstream religious culture.<ref name="johndehlin.com">{{cite web|url=http://johndehlin.com/privatepractice/ |title=Private Practice – John Dehlin, Ph.D |publisher=Johndehlin.com |date= 2015-07-24|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Tedxusu>{{citation |contribution-url= http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9015 |contribution= TEDxUSU: Survive |place= [[Utah State University]] |url= http://www.ted.com/tedx/events |title= TEDx Events |publisher= [[TED.com]] |date= November 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Post by Joanna Brooks |url=http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/joannabrooks/4859/landmark_survey_of_lgbtq_mormons_launched_/ |title=Landmark Survey of LGBTQ Mormons Launched |publisher=Religion Dispatches |date=July 13, 2011 |access-date=November 21, 2013}}</ref> In January 2015, Dehlin was [[Excommunication#The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|excommunicated]] from [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/dehlin-upset-over-church-handling-of-excommunication-appeal/article_8fbf45da-5106-5a18-bf02-c02eebf70cbf.html|title=Dehlin upset over church handling of excommunication appeal|first=Kevin|last=Opsahl | work=The Herald Journal| date=September 26, 2016| access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>[[Peggy Fletcher Stack]], [https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=2163720&itype=CMSID "Mormon critic John Dehlin is excommunicated"], ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]'', March 12, 2015.</ref>
'''John P. Dehlin''' is the creator of several [[Mormon]]-themed [[podcast]]s, [[blog]]s and web sites. John worked for several years in various positions at [[Microsoft]], and served for a few years as the Director of the [[OpenCourseWare]] Consortium for the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. He was an influential early participant in the Mormon blogging scene (often called the [[Bloggernacle]]). John is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical/Counseling Psychology from [[Utah State University]].


==Early life and education==
==Biographical background==
Dehlin was born in [[Boise, Idaho]] and raised in [[Katy, Texas]].<ref name=MMprofile>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Author Profile: John Dehlin|work=Mormon Matters|url=http://mormonmatters.org/author/admin/|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> As a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church or Mormon church), he served as a [[Missionary (LDS Church)|missionary]] in [[Guatemala]] in the late 1980s.<ref name=MS1>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Mormon Stories Podcast # 001: Bad Baptisms? My Mission Experience in Guatemala|work=Mormon Stories|date=September 4, 2005|url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=4|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> He then attended [[Brigham Young University]] in [[Provo, Utah]], where he graduated [[summa cum laude]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]] in 1993.<ref name=OCWCprofile>{{cite web|title=User Profile: John Dehlin|publisher=OpenCourseWare Consortium|url=http://ohana.mit.edu/ocwc/display/~jdehlin|accessdate=2008-07-21}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Born in [[Boise, Idaho]], and raised in [[Katy, Texas]],<ref name=MMprofile>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Author Profile: John Dehlin|work=Mormon Matters|url=http://mormonmatters.org/author/admin/|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828230534/http://mormonmatters.org/author/admin/|archive-date=August 28, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> he attended [[Brigham Young University]] (BYU) in [[Provo, Utah]]. He graduated [[summa cum laude]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political science]] in 1993.<ref name=OCWCprofile>{{cite web|title=User Profile: John Dehlin |publisher=OpenCourseWare Consortium |url=http://ohana.mit.edu/ocwc/display/~jdehlin |access-date=July 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908043216/http://ohana.mit.edu/ocwc/display/~jdehlin |archive-date=September 8, 2008 }}</ref> In 2007, Dehlin also completed a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[Instructional Technology]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|date=December 16, 2007|title=I did it|url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=376|access-date=July 21, 2008|work=Mormon Stories}}</ref> In 2015, he received his doctorate in clinical and counseling psychology from [[Utah State University]].<ref name="USU University Libraries">{{Cite thesis|last1=Dehlin|first1=John|date=May 2015|title=Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Identity Conflict, and Psychosocial Health Amongst Same-Sex Attracted Mormons |url=http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4251/|type=PhD dissertation |publisher=Utah State University |doi=10.26076/629f-6783 |access-date=August 22, 2015}}</ref>


== Career ==
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After graduation, Dehlin worked for five years in software and as a consultant for [[Bain & Company]], [[Arthur Andersen]], [[Citicorp]], Heidrick & Struggles, and the LDS Church. He then worked at [[Microsoft]] for seven years in programs for [[Software developer|developers]], [[marketing]], speech technologies, and [[Tech demo|product demos]].<ref name=OCWCprofile/>


=== Early career ===
Dehlin's brother, [[Joel Dehlin]], also worked at Microsoft, and became the [[Chief information officer|CIO]] of the LDS Church in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | author=Dehlin, Joel | title=About Joel | work=Joel Dehlin Weblog | url=http://www.ldscio.org/about-joel/ | accessdate=2008-12-08}}</ref>
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After graduation, Dehlin worked for five years in software and as a consultant for [[Bain & Company]], [[Arthur Andersen]], [[Citicorp]], Heidrick & Struggles, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He then worked at [[Microsoft]] for seven years in programs for [[Software developer|developers]], [[marketing]], speech technologies, and [[Tech demo|product demos]].<ref name=OCWCprofile/>


In 2004, Dehlin moved to [[Logan, Utah]] to begin work under Dr. [[David A. Wiley]] at [[Utah State University]] (USU) on [[OpenCourseWare]]-related projects.<ref name=OCWCpost>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Meet and Greet|date=March 15, 2007|work=OpenCourseWare Consortium Forum|publisher=OpenCourseWare Consortium|url=http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ocwcforum/viewtopic.php?t=6&sid=a9d7085c396ee8d6167b01af7ae91ebf|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> Dehlin would serve as USU's OpenCourseWare Consortium Coordinator and Director of Outreach for the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning Director of Outreach for two years, where he promoted OpenCourseWare to other universities.<ref name=OCWCprofile/> While at USU, Dehlin also completed a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[Instructional Technology]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=I did it|work=Mormon Stories|date=December 16, 2007|url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=376|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> In January 2007, [[MIT]] hired Dehlin as the Director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium.<ref name=OCWCpost/>
In 2004, Dehlin moved to [[Logan, Utah]], to begin work under [[David A. Wiley]] at [[Utah State University]] (USU) on [[OpenCourseWare]]-related projects.<ref name=OCWCpost>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Meet and Greet|date=March 15, 2007|work=OpenCourseWare Consortium Forum|publisher=OpenCourseWare Consortium|url=http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ocwcforum/viewtopic.php?t=6&sid=a9d7085c396ee8d6167b01af7ae91ebf|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604003628/http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ocwcforum/viewtopic.php?t=6|archive-date=June 4, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Dehlin would serve two years as USU's OpenCourseWare Consortium Coordinator and Director of Outreach for the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, promoting OpenCourseWare to other universities,<ref name=OCWCprofile/> and a few years as director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium for the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT). In January 2007, MIT hired Dehlin as the Director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium.<ref name=OCWCpost/>


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John is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Utah State University.<ref>{{cite web | author=Dehlin, John | title=John Dehlin Ph.D. | url=http://twohig.usu.edu/htm/about-us/john-dehlin | accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref>
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During Dehlin's early career, he developed [[massive open online course]]s (MOOCs) and branched into Latter-day Saint-themed [[new media]]. Dehlin approached the [[Sunstone Education Foundation]] and presented to its board of directors the importance of participating in developing internet communities through blogging and podcasting in order to address the then-limited internet presence for constructive intellectual sources. The Board accepted his offer to initiate these programs<ref name=MStar>{{cite web|author=Goble, Clark|title=M* Interviews… John Dehlin|work=The Millennial Star|date=September 26, 2005|url=http://www.millennialstar.org/2005/09/26/m-interviews-john-dehlin/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070956/http://www.millennialstar.org/2005/09/26/m-interviews-john-dehlin/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2011|access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> and, in September 2005, Dehlin joined the board of directors and began a Sunstone podcast as well as ''SunstoneBlog''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wotherspoon, Dan |title=Bloggin and Podcasting Sunstone Style! |date=September 15, 2005 |work=SunstoneBlog |publisher=Sunstone Education Foundation |url=http://sunstoneblog.com/2005/09/15/blogging-and-podcasting-sunstone-style/ |access-date=July 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905111435/http://sunstoneblog.com/2005/09/15/blogging-and-podcasting-sunstone-style/ |archive-date=September 5, 2008 }}</ref> In July 2007, he also became executive director of the Sunstone Education Foundation, in which he was to focus on strategic initiatives to strengthen Sunstone's position as an open forum for issues within the Latter-day Saint community.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunstone foundation hires executive director|date=July 28, 2007|work=[[Deseret News]]|url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695195330,00.html|access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> In that role, he increased organizational focus on its longstanding motto, "faith seeking understanding," and worked to attract new and younger membership.<ref>{{cite news|author=Moore, Carrie A.|title=New direction for Sunstone?|work=[[Deseret Morning News]]|date=August 7, 2007|location=Salt Lake City|url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695198451,00.html?pg=1|access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> Dehlin resigned from Sunstone in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=<comment>|work=The New Mormon History|publisher=Latter-day Commentary|date=June 8, 2008|url=http://latterdaycommentary.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-mormon-history-grant-palmer.html#c474708688441700241|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-date=July 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708050015/http://latterdaycommentary.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-mormon-history-grant-palmer.html#c474708688441700241|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Crises of faith===
=== ''Mormon Stories'' ===
{{main|Mormon Stories Podcast}}
As an [[Missionary (LDS Church)|LDS missionary]] in [[Guatemala]], Dehlin's [[Mission (LDS Church)|mission]] began baptizing hundreds of "converts" per month. To accomplish this, many missionaries were using deceptive methods which were taught and supported by some mission leaders. Dehlin was disturbed and reported these activities to his [[Mission president]]; he did not share Dehlin's concern and sent him home early (normally a disciplinary action). After reporting on this to a sympathetic [[Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church)|Apostle]] [[Dallin H. Oaks]] and completing his two-year missionary term in the Arizona Tempe mission, Dehlin remained a faithful member of the LDS Church.<ref name=MS1/>
In September 2005, after experiencing doubts in his faith and subsequently finding reasons to remain a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Dehlin created the ''Mormon Stories'' podcast as an open discussion of Latter-day Saint issues, intending to give listeners reasons to remain in the church.<ref name=MS1>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Mormon Stories Podcast # 001: Bad Baptisms? My Mission Experience in Guatemala|work=Mormon Stories|date=September 4, 2005|url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=4|access-date=July 21, 2008}}</ref> Through interviews, ''Mormon Stories'' focused on varying religious experiences and perspectives. <!--To date, listenership at times exceeds 25,000 downloads per episode.--> ''Mormon Stories'' has been featured in many venues, including being broadcast on [[KVNU]] in [[Logan, Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Grover, Tom|title=John Dehlin, Mormon Stories featured in today's Herald Journal|date=January 3, 2008|publisher=KVNU’s For The People|url=http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1258|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-date=October 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185532/http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1258|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Intermittently conflicted about continuing ''Mormon Stories'', Dehlin stopped and restarted the project a few times.<ref name=WhatIsWas>{{cite web | title=What is/was Mormon Stories? | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=April 14, 2009 |url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=478}} {{dead link|date=July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Some Bonus Material, and a Break | date=December 25, 2007 | work=Mormon Stories | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=383 | access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref> In January 2010 Dehlin resumed the blog and podcast, focusing on faith crises and mental illness. The podcast has featured many notable guests,<ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories 2010 — A New Direction | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 15, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=716 | access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref> beginning with interviews of [[Joanna Brooks]] and [[John C. Hamer]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories # 112 & 113: Joanna Brooks Parts 1 and 2 | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 20, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=738 | access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories # 116: John Hamer Pt. 1 — The LDS Succession Crisis of 1844 and the Beginnings of the RLDS Church | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 24, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=792 | access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref> Two other regular hosts joined Dehlin in conducting interviews for the podcast: Dan Wotherspoon, former editor of ''[[Sunstone (magazine)|Sunstone]]'' magazine; and Natasha Helfer Parker, a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist.
While living in the [[Seattle]] area, Dehlin was called to be an early-morning [[Church Educational System#Seminaries|LDS Seminary]] teacher. In preparation for the next year's class, he began studying [[History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church history]] in greater depth which led to his discovery of several controversial issues. With shaken faith, he didn't find many informed or sympathetic local church members and therefore contemplated leaving the church. On the Internet he found communities antagonistic toward the LDS Church which didn't encourage him to stay either. Eventually he discovered intellectuals and publications such as ''[[Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought]]'' and ''[[Sunstone Magazine]]'' which acknowledged LDS controversies yet helped Dehlin decide to stay in the church.<ref name=MStar>{{cite web|author=Goble, Clark|title=M* Interviews… John Dehlin|work=The Millennial Star|date=September 26, 2005|url=http://www.millennialstar.org/2005/09/26/m-interviews-john-dehlin/|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref>


=== Open Stories Foundation ===
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Dehlin has been criticized for the lack of financial transparency and oversight in his [[nonprofit]] [[umbrella organization]], Open Stories Foundation.<ref>{{cite web | title=Improprieties by John Dehlin and the Open Stories Foundation: An Open Letter to Current Donors | work=Medium, Markus Smith | date=November 12, 2019 | url=https://medium.com/@markussmith927/improprieties-by-john-dehlin-and-the-open-stories-foundation-an-open-letter-to-current-donors-c55e7159a823 | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref> In 2022, [[The Salt Lake Tribune]] reported several former employees of Open Stories Foundation filed a complaint with the [[IRS]] alleging Dehlin and the foundation "'curated' its board membership to boost his compensation and blur lines between donations and personal expenses amid what they assert was lax supervision."<ref>{{cite web | title='Mormon Stories' podcaster John Dehlin makes $236K a year from his nonprofit. Is that too much? | date=February 22, 2022 | work=The Salt Lake Tribune | url=https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/02/27/mormon-stories-podcaster/ | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref> According to nonprofit tax reports, Dehlin's personal annual compensation grew by more than 700% between 2010 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web | title=Open Stories Foundation Inc. IRS Tax Form 990 | url=https://www.openstoriesfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/OSF-12-31-19-Form-990-Public-Disclosure-Copy.pdf | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref> His annual compensation of $236,021 in 2019 represented 60% of Open Stories Foundation's total earnings from podcast revenues and donors. James Patterson, a former associate producer for Dehlin, wrote in his [[whistleblower]] complaint to the IRS, that "Dehlin sees Open Stories Foundation as his and his alone, with an independent board of directors merely a roadblock to him achieving his personal financial goals."<ref>{{cite web | title='Mormon Stories' podcaster John Dehlin makes $236K a year from his nonprofit. Is that too much? | date=February 22, 2022 | work=The Salt Lake Tribune | url=https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/02/27/mormon-stories-podcaster/ | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Patterson, James | title=Questions about the Open Stories Foundation | date=May 23, 2017 | work=Rational Faiths | url=https://rationalfaiths.com/open-stories-foundation-true-non-profit/ | access-date=March 29, 2024}}</ref>
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Finding limited internet presence for constructive Mormon intellectual sources, Dehlin approached the [[Sunstone Education Foundation]] and presented to its Board of Directors about the importance of participating in developing internet communities through blogging and podcasting. The Board accepted his offer to initiate these programs<ref name=MStar/> and, in September 2005, Dehlin joined the Board of Directors and began a Sunstone podcast as well as ''SunstoneBlog''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wotherspoon, Dan|title=Bloggin and Podcasting Sunstone Style!|date=September 15, 2005|work=SunstoneBlog|publisher=Sunstone Education Foundation|url=http://sunstoneblog.com/2005/09/15/blogging-and-podcasting-sunstone-style/|accessdate=2008-07-21}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In July 2007, he also became executive director of the Sunstone Education Foundation, in which he was to focus on strategic initiatives to strengthen Sunstone's position as an open forum for Mormon issues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sunstone foundation hires executive director|date=July 28, 2007|work=[[Deseret News]]|url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695195330,00.html|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> In that role, he tried to increase the organizational focus on its longstanding motto, "faith seeking understanding", and to attract new and younger membership.<ref>{{cite news|author=Moore, Carrie A.|title=New direction for Sunstone?|work=[[Deseret Morning News]]|date=August 7, 2007|location=Salt Lake City|url=http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695198451,00.html?pg=1|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> Dehlin resigned from Sunstone in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=<comment>|work=The New Mormon History|publisher=Latter-day Commentary|date=June 8, 2008|url=http://latterdaycommentary.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-mormon-history-grant-palmer.html#c474708688441700241|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref>


== ''Mormon Stories'' ==
=== Other blogs ===
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In June 2007, Dehlin started ''Mormon Matters'' as a blog and weekly podcast.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mormonmatters.org/mormon-matters-undergoing-re-design/ | title=About&#124;Mormon Matters | access-date=May 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608115748/http://mormonmatters.org/mormon-matters-undergoing-re-design/ | archive-date=June 8, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The format was a discussion panel on events, culture, politics and spirituality within The Church. Panelists were to represent different sides of each issue, although the show later struggled to retain faithful Latter-day Saint panelists.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Desperately Seeking Conservative LDS Panelist(s)|work=Mormon Matters blog|date=July 14, 2007|url=http://mormonmatters.org/2007/07/14/desperately-seeking-lds-conservative-panelists/|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828221809/http://mormonmatters.org/2007/07/14/desperately-seeking-lds-conservative-panelists/|archive-date=August 28, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2008, Dehlin converted ''Mormon Matters'' into a group blog and lessened emphasis on new podcast episodes.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Looking to turn Mormon Matters into a Group Blog|work=Mormon Matters blog|date=January 9, 2008|url=http://mormonmatters.org/2008/01/09/looking-to-turn-mormon-matters-into-a-group-blog/|access-date=July 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726231246/http://mormonmatters.org/2008/01/09/looking-to-turn-mormon-matters-into-a-group-blog/|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dehlin resumed the ''Mormon Matters'' podcast on March 5, 2011, with Dan Wotherspoon as the host and [[Joanna Brooks]] as a frequent co-host.


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Dehlin is also the co-founder of the pro-LGBT "Mormons for Marriage" website.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mormonsformarriage.com | title=Mormons for Marriage}}</ref> He co-founded [[Stay LDS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.staylds.com |title=Stay LDS / Mormon &#124; New Ways to Stay Connected |publisher=Staylds.com |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref> a community that was dedicated to helping "unorthodox Mormons" stay in the Church.<ref>{{cite news | author=Dobner, Jennifer | title=Mormons in crisis find online refuge | work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] | date=July 20, 2009 | url=http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12871883 | access-date=January 28, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604200157/http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12871883 | archive-date=June 4, 2011 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
In September 2005, after finding reasons to stay a member of the LDS Church, Dehlin created the ''Mormon Stories'' podcast as an open discussion of Mormon issues with the intention of giving listeners reasons to remain in the church.<ref name=MS1/> Through interviews, it focused on varying Mormon experiences and perspectives, including [[Anti-Mormonism|antagonistic]], [[Mormon apologetics|apologetic]], intellectual, [[Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|gay]], [[Black people and the Latter Day Saint movement|black]], [[Mormon fundamentalism|fundamentalist]], [[Women and Mormonism|feminist]], and [[Criticism of the Latter Day Saint movement|dissenting]]. Several notable Mormon figures were guests on ''Mormon Stories'', including [[Gregory Prince]], [[Todd Compton]], [[Grant Palmer]], [[Darius Gray]], [[Margaret Blair Young]], [[Richard Bushman]], and [[September Six#Paul Toscano|Margaret and Paul Toscano]]. Listenership eventually reached over 10,000 downloads per episode. At its height, the show was broadcast on [[KVNU]] in [[Logan, Utah]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Grover, Tom|title=John Dehlin, Mormon Stories featured in today’s Herald Journal|date=January 3, 2008|publisher=KVNU’s For The People|url=http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=1258|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> Gaining notability, Dehlin was quoted in June 2007 for stories by [[The New York Times]] and [[Good Morning America]], discussing [[Mitt Romney]] and Mormonism.<ref>{{cite web | title=Church and State: Mormonism and Romney | date=June 19, 2007 | work=[[Good Morning America]] | publisher=[[ABC News]] | format=video | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3293104 | accessdate=2008-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Goodstein, Laurie | title=Romney’s Run Has Mormons Wary of Scrutiny | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 11, 2007 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/us/politics/11mormons.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 | accessdate=2008-12-08}}</ref>


Dehlin briefly blogged at a non-partisan religion website [[Patheos.com]] in a current-issues/events dialogue format with [[Mormon studies]] scholar [[Patrick Q. Mason]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/4373196-155/lds-scholar-ex-mormon-team-up-on|title=LDS scholar, ex-Mormon team up on new blog to debate key topics facing the faith|first=Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake|last=Tribune}}</ref>
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At times personally conflicted about continuing ''Mormon Stories'', Dehlin stopped and restarted the project several times, then retired it at the end of 2007.<ref name=WhatIsWas>{{cite web | title=What is/was Mormon Stories? | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=April 14, 2009 | archivedate=January 10, 2010 | archiveurl=http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:2i027H1AlakJ:mormonstories.org/%3Fp%3D478+site:mormonstories.org+%22creative+commons%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Some Bonus Material, and a Break | date=December 25, 2007 | work=Mormon Stories | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=383 | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> After only minor additions the following year, Dehlin took the blog and podcast offline in October 2008 over concerns that it may hinder some listeners' faith. Since his content had been released under the [[Creative Commons]] license, it was still made available by several other websites.<ref name=WhatIsWas/> In April 2009 Dehlin restored ''Mormon Stories'' as an "archive" for "historical purposes",<ref name=WhatIsWas/> citing his desire to control the content's presentation, to help those struggling with faith, to dispel rumors of church coercion, and to accept his past work despite later reservations.<ref>{{cite web | title=If you are not completely comfortable with the overall impact of Mormon Stories, why have you kept the archive online? | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=April 14, 2009 | archivedate=January 5, 2010 | archiveurl=http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:5VOOP3VcwXIJ:mormonstories.org/%3Fp%3D515+http://mormonstories.org/%3Fp%3D515&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> In January 2010 Dehlin resumed the blog and podcast, focusing on faith crises, mental illnesses, and notable guests,<ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories 2010 — A New Direction | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 15, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=716 | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> beginning with interviews of Joanna Brooks and John Hamer.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories # 112 & 113: Joanna Brooks Parts 1 and 2 | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 20, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=738 | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Mormon Stories # 116: John Hamer Pt. 1 — The LDS Succession Crisis of 1844 and the Beginnings of the RLDS Church | work=Mormon Stories Podcast | date=January 24, 2010 | url=http://mormonstories.org/?p=792 | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref>


=== Other blogs ===
==Membership in the Church==
From 1988 to 1990, Dehlin served as a [[Missionary (LDS Church)| missionary]] in [[Guatemala]]. According to Dehlin, his [[Mission (LDS Church)|mission]] began baptizing up to 700 converts per month using practices he believed to be deceptive. After reporting this to his mission president, Dehlin was transferred to an area that stoked his allergies, and he was subsequently sent home. He chose to resume mission service, and was reassigned to finish his two-year missionary term in the U.S. in [[Tempe, Arizona]]. Dehlin remained an active member of the Church for the next 20 years.<ref name=MS1/>


In the Spring of 2011, Dehlin stated he had become inactive in the Church (i.e., not attending weekly services), citing an inability to believe some of the church's claims.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forum.newordermormon.org/viewtopic.php?t=20463 |title=New Order Mormon • View topic - Conversation on FB with a friend, because oh John Dehlin |publisher=Forum.newordermormon.org |access-date=July 22, 2013 |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185534/http://forum.newordermormon.org/viewtopic.php?t=20463 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postmormon.org/exp_e/index.php/discussions/viewthread/28352/ |title=Support for People as they Leave or Consider Leaving the Mormon or LDS Church &#124; The Community Forum &#124; Yes, John Dehlin has left the Church |publisher=PostMormon.org |access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>
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In June 2007, Dehlin started ''Mormon Matters'' as a blog and weekly podcast, with the intention of eventually becoming a radio show.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|work=Mormon Matters|url=http://mormonmatters.org/about/|accessdate=2008-07-21}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The format was a discussion panel on events, culture, politics and spirituality within Mormonism. Panelists were to represent different sides of each issue, although the show later struggled to retain regular conservative LDS panelists.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Desperately Seeking Conservative LDS Panelist(s)|work=Mormon Matters blog|date=July 14, 2007|url=http://mormonmatters.org/2007/07/14/desperately-seeking-lds-conservative-panelists/|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> In early 2008, Dehlin converted ''Mormon Matters'' into a group blog and lessened emphasis on new podcast episodes,<ref>{{cite web|author=Dehlin, John|title=Looking to turn Mormon Matters into a Group Blog|work=Mormon Matters blog|date=January 9, 2008|url=http://mormonmatters.org/2008/01/09/looking-to-turn-mormon-matters-into-a-group-blog/|accessdate=2008-07-21}}</ref> which were afterward released irregularly by other contributors.


In 2014, Dehlin was investigated by his local church leaders regarding his online activity, culminating in a request by Dehlin for greater privacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mormonstories.org/did-you-ask-to-be-excommunicated/ |title=Did you ask to be excommunicated? |publisher=Mormon Stories |date= 2014-06-27|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> Prior to 2014, Dehlin had faced church disciplinary hearings without any resulting disciplinary action.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|last1=Walch|first1=Tad|title=Mormon critic John Dehlin says he'll face church disciplinary council|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865619676/Mormon-critic-John-Dehlin-says-hell-face-church-disciplinary-council.html?pg=all|access-date=May 28, 2015|newspaper=Deseret News|date=January 15, 2015}}</ref> In January 2015, Dehlin's [[stake president]] initiated another disciplinary council,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Goodstein|first1=Laurie|title=John Dehlin, Mormon Critic, Facing Excommunication|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/us/john-dehlin-mormon-critic-facing-excommunication.html|access-date=January 15, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.sltrib.com/home/2089207-155/disciplinary-council-delayed-for-mormon-stories|newspaper = Salt Lake Tribune|title = Disciplinary council delayed for 'Mormon Stories' podcaster John Dehlin|first = Kristen|last = Moulton|date = January 22, 2015}}</ref> which determined Dehlin's online activity constituted [[apostasy]]. He was excommunicated for "conduct contrary to the laws and order of the church."<ref name="auto"/><ref name = walch>{{cite web|url = http://www.ksl.com/?sid=33422568&nid=148&title=john-dehlin-excommunicated-from-lds-church|publisher = KSL|title = John Dehlin excommunicated from LDS Church|first = Tad |last = Walch|date =February 10, 2015}}</ref> Dehlin appealed to the [[First Presidency (LDS Church)|First Presidency]] on March 10, 2015, stating his actions had not met the church's definition of apostasy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/2275172-155/mormon-critic-john-dehlin-appeals-lds| newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|title=Mormon critic John Dehlin appeals LDS excommunication| first = Peggy|last=Fletcher Stack|date = March 10, 2015|author-link=Peggy Fletcher Stack}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religionnews.com/2015/03/11/mormon-critic-john-dehlin-appeals-lds-excommunication/ |title=Mormon critic John Dehlin appeals LDS excommunication &#124; Religion News Service |publisher=Religionnews.com |date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/mormon-church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints-james-hamula-648468 | title=Will we ever know why the Mormons booted out a top official for the first time in decades?| website=[[Newsweek]]| date=2017-08-09}}</ref> In July and August 2015, the First Presidency notified Dehlin via his stake president of the denial of his appeal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/dehlin-upset-over-church-handling-of-excommunication-appeal/article_8fbf45da-5106-5a18-bf02-c02eebf70cbf.html|title=Dehlin upset over church handling of excommunication appeal|first=Kevin Opsahl staff|last=writer}}</ref>
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Dehlin is also the co-founder of the Mormons for Marriage website <ref>http://www.mormonsformarriage.com</ref> (a pro-gay marriage site) and ''[[Stay LDS]]'',<ref>http://www.staylds.com</ref> a community dedicated to helping unorthodox Mormons stay in the LDS church if that is their desire.<ref>{{cite news | author=Dobner, Jennifer | title=Mormons in crisis find online refuge | work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] | date=July 20, 2009 | url=http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12871883 | accessdate=2010-01-28}}</ref> He has also provided support and the domain name for the LDS music website [[Linescratchers]].<ref>http://www.linescratchers.com/?page_id=23</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Bloggernacle]]
* [[Jeremy Runnells]]
* [[Kate Kelly (feminist)|Kate Kelly]]
*[[:Category:Blogs about Mormons and Mormonism|Blogs about Mormons and Mormonism]]
*[[Sunstone Magazine]]
*[[Stay LDS]]


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== References ==
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* [http://mormonstories.org/ ''Mormon Stories''], Dehlin's most well-known blog and podcast
* [http://mormonstories.org/ ''Mormon Stories''], Dehlin's most well-known blog and podcast
* [http://mormonstories.org/?page_id=102 Dehlin's list of episodes for ''Mormon Stories'', ''Sunstone'', and ''Mormon Matters'']
* [http://mormonstories.org/?page_id=102 Dehlin's list of episodes for ''Mormon Stories'', ''Sunstone'', and ''Mormon Matters'']
* [http://www.nine-moons.com/2009/08/06/5-questions-after-5-years-%E2%80%93-from-a-longtime-nacle-wannabe/ "5 Questions After 5 Years – From A Longtime 'Nacle Wannabe,"] by John Dehlin
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140715092531/http://mormonmatters.org/2009/08/20/5-questions-after-5-years-%E2%80%93-from-a-longtime-%E2%80%98nacle-wannabe/ "5 Questions After 5 Years – From A Longtime 'Nacle Wannabe,"] by John Dehlin
* [http://ldspsychology.com/ Ldspsycology.com], one of Dehlin's blogs, started in 2009
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100119005050/http://ldspsychology.com/ Ldspsychology.com], one of Dehlin's blogs, started in 2009
*{{Cite journal|title = The Odd Couple: Story and Community: John Dehlin's Mormon Stories project has a contradiction at its center. Whether it's a fatal error or a brilliant accident is yet to be seen|first = Rosalynde|last = Welch|date = June 28, 2012|publisher = [[Patheos]]|url = http://www.patheos.com/Mormon/Odd-Couple-Rosalynde-Welch-06-29-2012.html|access-date = July 2, 2012|archive-date = October 21, 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185532/http://www.patheos.com/Mormon/Odd-Couple-Rosalynde-Welch-06-29-2012.html|url-status = dead}}

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John P. Dehlin
Dehlin speaking in 2007
Born
John Parkinson Dehlin

(1969-08-20) August 20, 1969 (age 54)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Alma materBrigham Young University (BA)
Utah State University (MS, PhD)
Occupation(s)Podcaster and Pundit
Faith crisis coach
SpouseMargi Weber Dehlin[1]
Websitehttp://johndehlin.com/

John Parkinson Dehlin[2] (/dəˈlɪn/; born August 20, 1969) is an American podcast host. He holds a PhD in psychology. Dehlin founded the Mormon Stories Podcast, as well as several other podcasts, blogs, and websites.[3] He was an influential early participant in the "Mormon blogosphere," and blogs at Patheos.com. He advocates for LGBT rights and other views outside mainstream religious culture.[4][1][5] In January 2015, Dehlin was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6][7]

Early life and education[edit]

Born in Boise, Idaho, and raised in Katy, Texas,[8] he attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1993.[9] In 2007, Dehlin also completed a Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology.[10] In 2015, he received his doctorate in clinical and counseling psychology from Utah State University.[11]

Career[edit]

Early career[edit]

After graduation, Dehlin worked for five years in software and as a consultant for Bain & Company, Arthur Andersen, Citicorp, Heidrick & Struggles, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He then worked at Microsoft for seven years in programs for developers, marketing, speech technologies, and product demos.[9]

In 2004, Dehlin moved to Logan, Utah, to begin work under David A. Wiley at Utah State University (USU) on OpenCourseWare-related projects.[12] Dehlin would serve two years as USU's OpenCourseWare Consortium Coordinator and Director of Outreach for the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning, promoting OpenCourseWare to other universities,[9] and a few years as director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In January 2007, MIT hired Dehlin as the Director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium.[12]

Sunstone[edit]

During Dehlin's early career, he developed massive open online courses (MOOCs) and branched into Latter-day Saint-themed new media. Dehlin approached the Sunstone Education Foundation and presented to its board of directors the importance of participating in developing internet communities through blogging and podcasting in order to address the then-limited internet presence for constructive intellectual sources. The Board accepted his offer to initiate these programs[13] and, in September 2005, Dehlin joined the board of directors and began a Sunstone podcast as well as SunstoneBlog.[14] In July 2007, he also became executive director of the Sunstone Education Foundation, in which he was to focus on strategic initiatives to strengthen Sunstone's position as an open forum for issues within the Latter-day Saint community.[15] In that role, he increased organizational focus on its longstanding motto, "faith seeking understanding," and worked to attract new and younger membership.[16] Dehlin resigned from Sunstone in January 2008.[17]

Mormon Stories[edit]

Main article: Mormon Stories Podcast

In September 2005, after experiencing doubts in his faith and subsequently finding reasons to remain a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Dehlin created the Mormon Stories podcast as an open discussion of Latter-day Saint issues, intending to give listeners reasons to remain in the church.[18] Through interviews, Mormon Stories focused on varying religious experiences and perspectives. Mormon Stories has been featured in many venues, including being broadcast on KVNU in Logan, Utah.[19]

Intermittently conflicted about continuing Mormon Stories, Dehlin stopped and restarted the project a few times.[20][21] In January 2010 Dehlin resumed the blog and podcast, focusing on faith crises and mental illness. The podcast has featured many notable guests,[22] beginning with interviews of Joanna Brooks and John C. Hamer.[23][24] Two other regular hosts joined Dehlin in conducting interviews for the podcast: Dan Wotherspoon, former editor of Sunstone magazine; and Natasha Helfer Parker, a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist.

Open Stories Foundation[edit]

Dehlin has been criticized for the lack of financial transparency and oversight in his nonprofit umbrella organization, Open Stories Foundation.[25] In 2022, The Salt Lake Tribune reported several former employees of Open Stories Foundation filed a complaint with the IRS alleging Dehlin and the foundation "'curated' its board membership to boost his compensation and blur lines between donations and personal expenses amid what they assert was lax supervision."[26] According to nonprofit tax reports, Dehlin's personal annual compensation grew by more than 700% between 2010 and 2019.[27] His annual compensation of $236,021 in 2019 represented 60% of Open Stories Foundation's total earnings from podcast revenues and donors. James Patterson, a former associate producer for Dehlin, wrote in his whistleblower complaint to the IRS, that "Dehlin sees Open Stories Foundation as his and his alone, with an independent board of directors merely a roadblock to him achieving his personal financial goals."[28][29]

Other blogs[edit]

In June 2007, Dehlin started Mormon Matters as a blog and weekly podcast.[30] The format was a discussion panel on events, culture, politics and spirituality within The Church. Panelists were to represent different sides of each issue, although the show later struggled to retain faithful Latter-day Saint panelists.[31] In early 2008, Dehlin converted Mormon Matters into a group blog and lessened emphasis on new podcast episodes.[32] Dehlin resumed the Mormon Matters podcast on March 5, 2011, with Dan Wotherspoon as the host and Joanna Brooks as a frequent co-host.

Dehlin is also the co-founder of the pro-LGBT "Mormons for Marriage" website.[33] He co-founded Stay LDS,[34] a community that was dedicated to helping "unorthodox Mormons" stay in the Church.[35]

Dehlin briefly blogged at a non-partisan religion website Patheos.com in a current-issues/events dialogue format with Mormon studies scholar Patrick Q. Mason.[36]

Membership in the Church[edit]

From 1988 to 1990, Dehlin served as a missionary in Guatemala. According to Dehlin, his mission began baptizing up to 700 converts per month using practices he believed to be deceptive. After reporting this to his mission president, Dehlin was transferred to an area that stoked his allergies, and he was subsequently sent home. He chose to resume mission service, and was reassigned to finish his two-year missionary term in the U.S. in Tempe, Arizona. Dehlin remained an active member of the Church for the next 20 years.[18]

In the Spring of 2011, Dehlin stated he had become inactive in the Church (i.e., not attending weekly services), citing an inability to believe some of the church's claims.[37][38]

In 2014, Dehlin was investigated by his local church leaders regarding his online activity, culminating in a request by Dehlin for greater privacy.[39] Prior to 2014, Dehlin had faced church disciplinary hearings without any resulting disciplinary action.[40] In January 2015, Dehlin's stake president initiated another disciplinary council,[41][42] which determined Dehlin's online activity constituted apostasy. He was excommunicated for "conduct contrary to the laws and order of the church."[36][43] Dehlin appealed to the First Presidency on March 10, 2015, stating his actions had not met the church's definition of apostasy.[44][45][46] In July and August 2015, the First Presidency notified Dehlin via his stake president of the denial of his appeal.[47]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "TEDxUSU: Survive", TEDx Events, Utah State University: TED.com, November 5, 2013
  2. ^ {{ authors[i].name }} (September 28, 2015). "John Parkinson Dehlin (john1parkinson1dehli) 2 uploads". Scribd. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mormon Stories Podcast". openstoriesfoundation.org. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Private Practice – John Dehlin, Ph.D". Johndehlin.com. July 24, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Post by Joanna Brooks (July 13, 2011). "Landmark Survey of LGBTQ Mormons Launched". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
  6. ^ Opsahl, Kevin (September 26, 2016). "Dehlin upset over church handling of excommunication appeal". The Herald Journal. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  7. ^ Peggy Fletcher Stack, "Mormon critic John Dehlin is excommunicated", Salt Lake Tribune, March 12, 2015.
  8. ^ Dehlin, John. "Author Profile: John Dehlin". Mormon Matters. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  9. ^ a b c "User Profile: John Dehlin". OpenCourseWare Consortium. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  10. ^ Dehlin, John (December 16, 2007). "I did it". Mormon Stories. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  11. ^ Dehlin, John (May 2015). Sexual Orientation Change Efforts, Identity Conflict, and Psychosocial Health Amongst Same-Sex Attracted Mormons (PhD dissertation). Utah State University. doi:10.26076/629f-6783. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  12. ^ a b Dehlin, John (March 15, 2007). "Meet and Greet". OpenCourseWare Consortium Forum. OpenCourseWare Consortium. Archived from the original on June 4, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  13. ^ Goble, Clark (September 26, 2005). "M* Interviews… John Dehlin". The Millennial Star. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  14. ^ Wotherspoon, Dan (September 15, 2005). "Bloggin and Podcasting Sunstone Style!". SunstoneBlog. Sunstone Education Foundation. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  15. ^ "Sunstone foundation hires executive director". Deseret News. July 28, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  16. ^ Moore, Carrie A. (August 7, 2007). "New direction for Sunstone?". Deseret Morning News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  17. ^ Dehlin, John (June 8, 2008). "<comment>". The New Mormon History. Latter-day Commentary. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  18. ^ a b Dehlin, John (September 4, 2005). "Mormon Stories Podcast # 001: Bad Baptisms? My Mission Experience in Guatemala". Mormon Stories. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
  19. ^ Grover, Tom (January 3, 2008). "John Dehlin, Mormon Stories featured in today's Herald Journal". KVNU’s For The People. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
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