Out of the network of more than 1,300, roughly two dozen are in New Jersey. Reconciling ministries are churches, Sunday school classes, youth groups, regional groups, campus ministries, colleges, and more that have made 'the Reconciling commitment to intersectional LGBTQ justice.' 'There is a sense of hurtfulness that someone would deliberately come on the property,' Bechtold was quoted as saying in the Herald report. The church has flown the pride flag consistently since 2019 when Pastor Reverend Steven Bechtold was appointed to the church, as reported by New Jersey Herald - and at times before that once parishioners voted to join the Reconciling Ministries Network. The video, however, was not clear and neither the person nor vehicle could be identified, police said.
