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Do No Harm

RMN’s Response to Harare as a Second Site for General Conference 2028 The Commission on the General Conference has...

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Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling Upholding Transgender Athlete Bans

June 30, 2026 Today, the Supreme Court ruled that states can bar transgender girls and women from competing on...

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June 30, 2026 · Taylor Whitley
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Reconciling Ministries Network Names Rev. Andi Woodworth as Next Executive Director

Atlanta pastor, trans leader, and longtime RMN advocate to guide the organization into its next chapter FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

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May 11, 2026 · Taylor Whitley
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RMN Announces Retirement of Executive Director Jan Lawrence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Reconciling Ministries Network Wednesday, January 7, 2026 Media Contact: Taylor Whitley, Director of Communications taylor@rmnetwork.org General...

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January 7, 2026 · Taylor Whitley
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The Spirit Is Moving: A Kairos Moment in The United Methodist Church

RMN Celebrates Ratification of the Constitutional Amendments Advancing Equity, Decolonization, and Inclusion Across the Global Church FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE...

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November 5, 2025 · Taylor Whitley
a quote from Helen's sermon: So, for better or worse, it is those people to whom I am drawn over and over again: the ones who perceive people like me as threats to the moral fabric of life in America. We are not supposed to bother with those folks; they can't change, we are told. It would be a waste of energy. But I can't turn away.
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Fools & Laggards: A Sermon by Helen Ryde

Delivered at Allendale UMC (St. Petersburg, FL) on Sunday, 18 August 2024 When I first started as an organizer...

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September 3, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network
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Mourning the Loss of Helen Ryde

Reconciling family – right now, I’d like you to clasp your hands like I’m holding yours. I have heartbreaking...

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RMN is hiring its next storyteller!

Director of Communications - LGBTQ+ Justice - Full-Time - Remote/U.S.

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August 20, 2025 · Ophelia Hu Kinney
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RMN is hiring its next storyteller!

In this new chapter of joyous struggle for intersectional LGBTQ+ justice: RMN is searching for a creative and strategic...

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August 20, 2025 · Ophelia Hu Kinney
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Uncharted: Convocation 2025 Recap

Uncharted: Convocation 2025 Recap Becoming the Church We Need Right Now “We are the Church. Don’t get distracted.”— Rev....

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August 5, 2025 · Taylor Whitley
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Announcement: RMN’s Rev. Emily Bagwell Appointed to Centenary UMC in Richmond, VA

With deep gratitude, we share that Rev. Emily Bagwell, RMN’s Director of Resource Management & Development, will be shifting...

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June 26, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network