Posts by Ryan O'Leary
Visit to NAE in Chicago
NANE President Ryan O’Leary recently traveled to Chicago to attend a meeting of the National Association of Evangelicals’ board of directors. Day 1: Board Enrichment Day The trip began on Wednesday, October 1st, with a board enrichment day. This day consisted of the board visiting South Chicago to learn how the church is making an…
Read MoreWarrior Leadership Summit Conference in Illinois
NANE President Ryan O’Leary was invited to be speak at the annual Warrior Leadership Summit Conference in Illinois the first part of July. Ryan used to be the Administrator for On Eagles’ Wings ministry many years ago, and it was a blessing for Ryan to be able to reconnect with this ministry and speak at…
Read MoreNANE President Speaks at Evangelical Church in Twin Cities
On Sunday, May 18th, NANE President Ryan O’Leary preached at NorthRidge Fellowship in the Twin Cities area. This congregation has been actively involved in Indigenous ministry for many years, with a mission’s team from this church ministering multiple times a year to people on Ryan’s home tribe, that being the Bois Forte or Nett Lake…
Read MoreTRM Celebrates Major Milestone
TRM is celebrating a major milestone with the Indigenous Faith Podcast. The podcast has hit 10,000 downloads. Along with a growing audience, the podcast is now in 54 nations across the globe. The Indigenous Faith podcast’s purpose is to help build biblically healthy Indigenous followers of Christ in the context of their cultures, communities, and…
Read MoreNAE Student Leadership Conference in Washington D.C.
At the end of January, 2025, NANE President Ryan O’Leary led a group of young, emerging Native Christian leaders to the National Association of Evangelicals student leadership conference in Washington D.C. Up to this point, there had never been any Native student representation at this conference and having the first group of young Native Christian…
Read MoreHockey Outreach in Canada
In late April 2025, NANE President Ryan O’Leary led and participated in a Christian hockey camp on the Piikani First Nations Reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. The First Peoples Initiative that Dr. O’Leary leads, partnered with two other ministries in Canada in offering this Christian camp. These two ministries are Athletes in Action Canada and…
Read MoreDine Nation Ministry Trip
Early in April 2025, NANE President Ryan O’Leary (Ojibwe) led a trip to the Dine Nation in the southwest part of the United States. According to one elected Dine leader, the Dine Nation now has over 400,000 tribal members and it also has over 27,000 squares miles. Some History According to the Dine website, a…
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