This year, members of United Methodist annual conferences will vote on four amendments to the denomination’s constitution. The amendments deal with regionalization, inclusion in church membership, racism, and clergy-delegate elections. To be ratified, these amendments need the...
On Feb. 6, the Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo, General Secretary of The General Commission on Religion and Race, joined Bishop Julius Trimble, General Secretary of The General Board of Church and Society, to address leaders of the denomination who gathered in Houston for quadrennial...
“The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” -- Psalm 34:18 Beloved, The leaders and members of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Area join me in grieving the loss of life aboard American Eagle Flight 5342 and a...
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...
