Austen Hartke

Austen Hartke is the founder of Transmission Ministry Collective, an online community dedicated to the spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender and gender-expansive Christians. From 2015 to 2018 he was also the creator of the Transgender and Christian YouTube series. Austen is a graduate of Luther Seminary's Master of Arts program in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies and winner of Luther's 2014 John Milton Prize in Old Testament Writing. As a transgender person...See more

Austen Hartke is the founder of Transmission Ministry Collective, an online community dedicated to the spiritual care, faith formation, and leadership potential of transgender and gender-expansive Christians. From 2015 to 2018 he was also the creator of the Transgender and Christian YouTube series. Austen is a graduate of Luther Seminary's Master of Arts program in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible Studies and winner of Luther's 2014 John Milton Prize in Old Testament Writing. As a transgender person of faith, his greatest passion is helping other trans and gender-expansive people see themselves in Scripture. See less