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This Is Not Enforcement. This Is State Violence.

A Statement from Reconciling Ministries Network on ICE, Empire, and Holy Courage Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) stands in solidarity...

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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...

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...

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.

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...

September 3, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network

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...

September 2, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network

RMN is hiring its next storyteller!

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

August 20, 2025 · Ophelia Hu Kinney

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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Uncharted: Convocation 2025 Recap

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

August 5, 2025 · Taylor Whitley

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...

June 26, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network

Affirmation at last (header): Remembering Rev. Dr. Rick Huskey

Affirmation at Last: Remembering Rev. Dr. Rick Huskey

The reinstatement of The Rev. Dr. Richard (Rick) Huskey on June 14, 2025, was a holy act of reversal....

June 18, 2025 · Ophelia Hu Kinney

What’s next for RMN’s Organizing Team?

By now we hope you’ve seen the RMN emails and social media posts introducing our 2025-2028 Strategic Plan. We also know...

January 29, 2025 · Reconciling Ministries Network

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