The Rev. Daryl Williams is chair of the Baltimore-Washington Conference Council on Finance and Administration. At the beginning of every year, I look back at the year that was in order to assess the year that was. As I look back at 2024, I am overwhelmed by what a tremendous year 2024 was for...
If I speak in the tongues of humans and of angels but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give...
“And Go …” is the rallying cry of IGNITE, the upcoming youth conference in Ocean City. It’s also a theme that drives the lives of the event’s two keynote speakers – the Revs. YaNi Davis and Mike Whang. Whang, who is a pastor in the Texas Annual Conference...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony HuntSenior Pastor, Epworth Chapel UMC in Baltimore This year marks the 96th anniversary of the birth of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of America’s greatest advocates for peace with justice. Born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Ga., amidst the persistent...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light...
And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of his servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name; indeed...
Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I will say, Rejoice! Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all...
The Rev. Dr. Stacey Cole Wilson, the BWC’s executive minister for Beloved Community spoke at the conference Earthkeepers Celebration on Dec. 6. Greetings Beloved Community, It is truly a blessing to gather and to celebrate with this new class of EarthKeepers as we affirm the...
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom God favors!” -- Luke 2:13-14 If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If...
The Rev. Dr. Ianther Mills, pastor of the historic Asbury UMC in Washington, D.C., has been named by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling to serve as a superintendent in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Mills will rejoin the Cabinet, after serving as a superintendent from 2005 to 2013. In her new...
