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Collective of Queer Christian Leaders Statement on U.S. v. Skrmetti On the morning of June 18th, 2025, the Supreme Court upheld the state of Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth in U.S. v. Skrmetti in a 6-3 decision. This comes in addition to executive actions by [...]

Transmission Ministry Collective Celebrates 5 Years with New Mission and Vision For immediate release This March, Transmission Ministry Collective will celebrate its five year anniversary.  Transmission Ministry Collective (TMC) was founded in March 2020 as an online community by and for trans people from Christian backgrounds, with a [...]

Miche Van Essen joins Transmission Ministry Collective as new Co-Executive Director Of Operations For immediate release Minneapolis, Minnesota - Transmission Ministry Collective (TMC) is excited to announce the hiring of Miche Ilana van Essen as the organization’s new Co-Executive Director of Operations. Miche will join Co-Executive Director of [...]

Transmission Ministry Collective is excited to announce its nation-wide search for a co-Executive Director! When TMC was founded in 2020, our first board, alongside founder and Executive Director Austen Hartke, intentionally built in structures that would ensure a diversity of leadership perspectives. This included limiting the term of [...]

Transition as an act of co-creation in partnership with the Divine TMC's Community Care Coordinator, Micah Melody Taberner, recently had her work featured on Religion News Service! Her reflection on transition as co-creation was developed as part of her graduate studies at Pacific School of Religion. Read the [...]

LGBTQ Christians are using Instagram to protest the ex-gay, ex-trans movement Thank you to the Daily Dot for their recent piece highlighting the work of affirming communities of LGBTI2A+ Christians like TMC and the UNCHANGED Movement, including thoughts from our Program Coordinator Micah Melody! Read the full piece [...]