By Melissa Lauber Eleven congregations in the Baltimore-Washington Conference have been working as pioneers during the last year, blazing new understandings of what the church might look like in the future. They made up the pilot wave of the Catalyst Initiative, a process of...
By Melissa Lauber For some church leaders, success is about size, increasing metrics and preaching amid all the spiritual bells and whistles to a mega-congregation. But even though she is new to the ministry, Pastor YouJung Jung, of the Prospect/Marvin Chapel Charge in Mt. Airy, has...
O for a heart to praise my God, a heart from sin set free, a heart that always feels thy blood so freely shed for me.A heart in every thought renewed and full of love divine, perfect and right and pure and good, a copy, Lord, of thine.-- from "O For a Heart to Praise My God," United...
By Melissa Lauber In all things, the Rev. Jacqueline “Jackie” Davis Ford intentionally and actively seeks to follow God. It’s the cornerstone of her faith. Recently, this has led her into a new position as the Director of Connectional Ministries for the Peninsula-Delaware...
From the Minnesota Annual Conference Rev. Dr. Fred Vanderwerf, Southern Prairie District superintendent, and his wife Stacy spent eight years as missionaries in Ukraine. He recently interviewed two United Methodists with unique perspectives on the...
See the response to the postponement from the Council of Bishops. From the Commission on the General Conference As the pandemic continues and the wait time for visas stretches to over two years in some countries, the Commission on the General Conference announced on March 3 that the 2020...
By Maidstone Mulenga The Commission on the General Conference today announced the further postponement of the postponed 2020 General Conference of The United Methodist Church. The next General Conference will be in 2024. In response to the decision, Council of Bishops President Bishop Cynthia...
In response to the announcement about the General Conference being postponed until 2024, Global Methodist Church leaders announced they will launch their new denomination on May 1. Below is their press release. With humility, hope and joy, a 17 member body...
By Neal Christie United Methodists continue to pray and respond to the war now being waged in Ukraine. On February 24, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine, causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. US government aid officials report that the people of...
In the wake of Russia's assault on Ukraine Feb. 24, United Methodists are praying. The Rev. Stacey Cole Wilson prayed with the congregation of St. Andrew Ukrainian Church in Silver Spring on Feb. 27. As United Methodists, we believe war (especially an unprovoked war) is incompatible...
