Helen is a Home Missioner in the Order of Deaconess and Home Missioner in The United Methodist Church, and has worked for Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN) since 2012 serving on the Organizing Team. Helen grew up in England and moved to Massachusetts in 1998 and then to North Carolina in 2014. Their years in non-denominational, charismatic churches in England, experiencing conversion therapy, motivates their work to help Christians embrace the idea that faith in Jesus is totally compatible with the full affirmation of LGGBTQ+ people. Helen and their spouse Kate (Mrs Lovely on the internet) split their time between the beaches and the mountains of NC.