Providing outstanding benefits and health care to clergy in this season of pandemic and stress continues to be a priority for the BWC’s Board of Pensions and Health Benefits, reported the board’s chair, the Rev. Cary James. This year is the Conference’s fifth year with...
Delores Martin, Lay Leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, often says that United Methodism is a faith that believes in the ministry of all believers. For the annual Laity Address, she invited Bonnie Ives Marden, a leader in the New England Conference and chair of the Northeastern...
As members in The United Methodist Church continue to hold differing views on how to address homosexuality, a process of disaffiliation has been established in Paragraph 2553 of the Book of Discipline for churches wishing to leave the denomination. Each Annual Conference has also been...
On June 2, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference gathered to remember the great cloud of witnesses, men, and women – clergy and laity – who faithfully served God during their lifetimes and died during the past year. During the Service of Remembrance, Bishop LaTrelle...
In a celebration of discipleship and faithfulness, the Baltimore-Washington Conference awarded The One Matters Award that honors churches that have turned zero professions of faith into at least one with a renewed focus on discipleship. The Rev. Bill Brown, the BWC’s Director of Creative...
In its report to Annual Conference, the Rev. Jessica Hayden, the chair of the Discipleship Council, reported on the state of discipleship in BWC’s 606 churches in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and the panhandle of West Virginia. Her report was based on the Discipleship Ministries Report...
While only one church – Cherry Run UMC in Hedgesville – requested to be formally closed at this year’s Annual Conference Session, over the past three years the BWC has seen a spike in church sales, said the Rev. Sheridan Allmond, the chair of the Conference Board of...
Members of the BWC heard an update on the Boy Scouts of America Bankruptcy case on June 2. The Baltimore-Washington Conference will use Conference reserve funds to pay its $1.38 million share of the settlement, which will address 53 claims of sexual misconduct that were attributed to the BWC for...
NOTE: On Aug. 25, the Rev. Joseph Daniels withdrew his name as the BWC’s endorsed candidate for the episcopacy. In a letter to the BWC’s General and Jurisdictional Conference delegation, he wrote: “Every day since June 2 of this year, I have been overwhelmingly...
With a nod to United Methodist heritage and some of the current issues facing our culture, Baltimore-Washington Conference members passed three resolutions on June 2. In the first, members congratulated Lovely Lane UMC in Baltimore on its 250th anniversary. The church, known as the...
