When The United Methodist Church as a denomination wanted to pilot a new training opportunity on church planting for the laity, the Rev. Bill Brown, director of the New Faith Expressions, immediately volunteered the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
After a year of the twin pandemics of racism and coronavirus, our nation witnessed insurrection and violence unfolding in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and watched Joseph Biden and Kamala Harrison inaugurated as president and vice president of the United States on Jan. 20. These events unfolded...
One thing people don’t know about the Rev. Dawn M. Hand? She’s a certified steward for the National Park Service, caring for the Billy Goat Trail on the C&O Canal that hikers scramble over. The tendencies that guide her as she cares for people along their paths will serve her...
One of the Rev. Eliezer Valentín-Castañón’s spiritual gifts is curiosity. “I’m sort of an explorer, always looking to find the connections and what’s next,” he said. He hopes this sense of discovery will serve him well in his new ministry as the...
Rev. Dawn M. Hand Rev. Eliezer Valentín-Castañón Bishop Easterling names Rev. Dawn M. Hand new superintendent in Central Maryland One thing people don’t know about the Rev. Dawn M. Hand? She’s a certified steward for the National Park Service, caring for...
Standing in virtual pulpits in churches less that a mile and half away from each other, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and Senator Cory Booker preached on justice Jan 17. Their thoughts, delivered independently of one another, were the prelude of an historic week that held the national observance of...
"Serving God is about serving God’s people, so the farmers market allows us to take our spiritual practices and to put them to work in our community," says one of the organizers.
Soon, you will witness a first-time event in American history, the swearing-in of Kamala Harris, the first woman to be elected Vice President of the United States. The significance of her being an African American woman, and one of Nana’s sorority sisters, might escape you. After all, Barack...
This past Wednesday morning, I woke up to what I thought was going to be another quiet day of managing through this never-ending Covid pandemic. However, this calm was totally rocked as I opened my first WhatsApp message from a friend in Zimbabwe and read: “It’s so sad Pro Furusa is no more...
How can congregational leaders discover their faithful next step in ministry to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world? The Catalyst Initiative, a new emphasis in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, will help provide answers to this question, and many more, in the...
