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The Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) is a growing movement of United Methodist individuals, congregations, campus ministries, and other groups working for the full participation of all people in the United Methodist Church.
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Reconciling Ministries Network is a national grassroots organization that exists to enable full participation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the United Methodist Church, both in policy and practice.
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Reconciling Ministries Network wrote at 2:13pm on July 31st, 2008
Save the date! Saturday, October 11, 2008

Clifton United Methodist Church in Cincinnati is celebrating ten years as a reconciling congregation, and we invite you to share in our celebration and ministry. On October 11, you are invited to attend a "Celebration of Living Promise Conference" here at our church home. Further details and registration information will be sent early this fall. We hope you will join us for a day of radical hospitality, passionate worship, and spirit-led workshops, facilitated by a slate of incredibly gifted persons, including Tex Sample who will also be preaching here the following day.

Come celebrate with us our calling to be a church home for ALL persons. It is our hope that this conference will equip and empower you and your church to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with ALL of God's Beloved Children.

We will also be posting details of the conference at our web site www.cliftonumc.com
Reconciling Ministries Network wrote at 2:51pm on July 29th, 2008
Reconciling Ministries Network is hiring a full-time Field Organizer with Young Adult Emphasis. We are accepting applications until Friday, August 29, 2008. You can find the job description, qualifications and application instructions here:
http://www.rmnetwork.org/storage/RMNETWORK//files/mosaicjobfinal.pdf
Vanessa wrote at 12:46pm on July 23rd, 2008
Hey Matt: I finally found my way here; I am finding the need to become as actively involved as I am able, to hopefully facilitate change and open minds and hearts, for my family as well as for my congregation and the church as a whole. Great to be here! peace, Vanessa
Matt wrote at 1:33pm on July 18th, 2008
So North Central still doesn't have a new bishop. Oy. Looks like they're going for a centrist. And by 'centrist' I mean someone for whom I can't find a stated opinion on homosexuality.

At vote 20(!!):

Julius Trimble (said centrist): 110
David Bard (Reconciling): 106
Gregory Stover (ex-gay): 43

162 votes needed to secure the episcopacy.
Matt wrote at 1:13pm on July 17th, 2008
Assuming that more votes is a good thing, the North Central Jurisdiction Bishop election results are looking almost promising. On the fourth ballot, two of the top three candidates have histories of being at least understanding and sympathetic to the cause of Reconciling Ministries. Laurie Haller (top at 54 votes) expressed disappointment after Fort Worth, and David Bard (#3 with 42) is lead pastor of a Reconciling Congregation! Unfortunately, Greg Stover (#2 with 52 votes) is on the board for the Confessing group. (Odd that that isn't indicated on his bio. Hm...)

It'll be interesting to see the field continue to narrow. Hopefully if Bard gets knocked out we can count on his voters to go to Haller.

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How does the church change its mind? Or, does it?
by Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell In the late 1930's The Christian Century magazine launched a series titled, "How My Mind Has Changed". I have been wondering for a number of years if the Church, the United Methodist Church in particular, has not perfected the art of "changing without changing"?
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Methodists Don't Play Cards
by Will Green This last week many of us were studying the story of the Israelites' oppression in Egypt. God turned my heart to remembering newcomers in the United States, God's people who aren't documented by our government.
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Is the Reconciling Movement asking the right question?
by Antony Hebblethwaite The Reconciling Movement's main question is, "How can LGBTQ/Ally people be fully included in The United Methodist Church?" We exist, according to our mission statement, to enable full participation of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of...
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Fight Homophobia. Fight AIDS.
The following article titled, "AIDS in a Christian Nation", ties together Dr. Pamela Lightsey's post, "Pandemic: HIV/AIDS Among African Americans" and Tuesday's post, "Gay in Uganda".
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August 21

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Openly gay candidate for bishop
by Heather Murphy This story slipped past me while I was traveling in July, but I wanted to note it.  Reverend Frank Wulf became the first openly gay candidate for bishop in the Western Jurisdictional Conference this summer.  After two days, he withdrew his name after it became clear that he...
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