By Calia Christie Learn more and take action Sign up to take Action through Baltimore Washington Conference Legislative Action Alerts! United Methodist Social Principles: Economic Community Learn more about the Third Reconstruction to fully address poverty...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Thousands of clergy, union leaders, activists and scholars rallied near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday (June 18) at a march organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, calling on Congress to take action and address the plight of millions of Americans who struggle with poverty and...
By Melissa Lauber Being endorsed as a candidate for the episcopacy was the furthest thing from the Rev. Joseph Daniels’ mind when he attended the 2022 session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. But when he heard his name recommended, something in his soul told him to pay...
By Melissa Lauber At Shiloh UMC in Hagerstown, the people’s hearts are so interwoven that their stories are written on one another’s faces and across one another’s lives. On June 12, Pastor Dionne Hall stood in front of the church, looked into those faces and saw the tragedy...
Colleagues, Yesterday, on June 9, there was a shooting at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg, near Hagerstown. Initial police reports indicate that three people were killed and one was wounded. The gunman and a police officer were also shot and injured after the gunman fled the...
By Susan Bender, Chair, Gun Violence Prevention Team Our hearts cry out for the recent shooting victims in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and all around our conference. Gun violence is a complicated issue and there is no simple answer. That doesn’t mean we should accept that nothing can be done...
United Methodists throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference are making their marks as they pursue vitality and transform the world so that all people might live life to the fullest. Pursuing Bishop LaTrelle Easterling’s vision of 100 percent of churches becoming 100 percent vital...
Twenty-four men and women responded to God’s call to set-apart ministry, and were celebrated by their colleagues and loved ones at a worship service held June 3 at Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City. During the service, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling prayed over and blessed the nine Elders and...
By Melissa LauberAmid mass shootings, wars abroad, two years of pandemic and isolation, oppression, depression, and anxiety, the Baltimore-Washington Conference met online in its Annual session June 1-3 for a time of prayer, holy conferencing, and to proclaim a spirt of perseverance and...
In an on-going effort to empower the stewardship of local churches, BWC members passed a $18,223,006 budget for 2023 that helps in the recovery from pandemic challenges and addresses the uncertainty of future changes in the denomination. The budget is based on the 90 percent collection rate...
