Excellence in ministry takes a thousand different forms and wears a thousand different faces. On June 2, the Baltimore-Washington Conference took time to honor two churches and several individuals for their faithfulness, gifts, and the unique and powerful ways they serve and honor God. At the...
With the age-old traditions of 238 years of ministry and discipleship providing a foundation, the people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference raised their hearts in worship as they gathered virtually for Annual Conference. From homes and 606 churches in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and...
“Ministry, in all its forms is challenging and holy work,” said the Rev. Amy McCullough, chair of the BWC’s 49-member Board of Ordained Ministry. The Board works as “caretakers of treasure of the Gospel that shines through the lives of licensed, commissioned and ordained...
Continuing education and learning additional knowledge and skills are essential for those seeking to be faithful and effective pastors. In these changing and challenging times, the Board of Ordained Ministry of the Baltimore-Washington Conference has created a set of revised policies and...
Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling called this year’s Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to order as she took a sacred moment to express gratitude for and to honor the land and the Native American people of Maryland. She was joined by Richard Church of the...
Members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference considered three resolutions on the first day of the Annual Conference session – one about a local church, one about the Annual Conference, and one about the Global Church. Salem Baltimore Hispanic UMC named a mission church In a vote of 523...
The systems that congregational leaders put into place today will either help youth grow in faith to transform the world or nudge them to step away from the church and their faith, Chris Wilterdink, of Discipleship Ministries, told the people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference during the...
The ‘deacon heart’ on full display By Rev. Leo Yates, Jr. 2022 is a banner year for Deacons in the Baltimore-Washington Conference. On June 3, at Annual Conference, three Deacons will be ordained in full connection and three people will...
By Melissa Lauber On May 26 at 12:32 p.m., at the exact time a gunman broke into an elementary school in Uvalde, Teas, two days earlier, the largest bell at the National Cathedral tolled 32 times – once for each of the victims of the mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo and Robb...
By Melissa Lauber With praise music blasting across an empty lot and down blocks of boarded-up row houses in Baltimore, United Methodists gathered on May 25 with civic and government leaders to compare dreams. The leaders of Ames UMC and the Resurrection Sandtown Project were still a little...
