Robertson became a Christian at the age of 12 in a
Baptist church. In 2014, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the
Moody Bible Institute. In September 2014, Robertson was named the national spokesman of "Evangelicals for Marriage Equality", an organization that sought to encourage evangelicals to support civil
marriage equality, even if they were unable to support sacramental marriage equality in the church. In November 2014, Robertson led the effort to convene a historic meeting between Southern Baptist leaders and LGBT+ movement leaders during the
Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. This meeting opened the doors for conversations and collaboration between some of the most influential religious leaders in America and leading LGBT+ activists. In 2015, Robertson's work was the subject of an MSNBC documentary film about his work to convince Southern Baptist leaders to support marriage equality. In February 2015, publisher Destiny Image canceled its book deal with Robertson, citing his support for LGBTQ inclusion. The book was later published. In March 2016, Robertson wrote an
op-ed for
Time magazine in which he claimed that he could not "in good conscience, remain aligned with the modern manifestation of the
evangelical movement." He now identifies as a
mainline Protestant and part of the
Christian Left. In 2017, he also obtained a master's degree from the
Iliff School of Theology. In 2017, he became pastor of the Missiongathering Christian Church (
CC(DOC)) in
San Diego. In 2022, Robertson began his PhD in Biblical Studies at
Drew University. In 2023, Robertson became Pastor of Sunnyside Reformed Church in Queens, New York (interdenominational congregation part of both
RCA &
UCC). ==Publications==