By Mark Johnson Sharp Street Memorial UMC I am the grandson and son of strong Methodist women. As a believer in God and justice for all, I never experienced a “fear” such as I did until I observed the results of the special General Conference held in Saint Louis in 2019. I sat in...
Grace and peace to you in the name of Christ Jesus. On behalf of the United Methodist Immigration Task Force we share with you a deep concern for migrants. You have seen the deplorable conditions under which migrant children and families are being detained in the US right now. We cannot be...
DECISION OF LAW Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, recently issued this decision in response to a request for a Ruling of Law by the Rev. Robert Barnes on May 30. The Judicial Council is expected to review the decision when it meets Oct...
The United Methodist Church is apparently on its way to breaking apart over recently tightened church rules that bar LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings worldwide. This summer, U.S. Methodists have been meeting to consider what comes next, including here in the Baltimore-Washington Conference...
Luke 22: 47-51 - Jesus Arrested“While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” When...
By Sharon Milton On June 1, the last day of Annual Conference, we boarded two buses that left Marriott at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, as part of learning lab, which invited confirmands to explore Methodist history and urban ministry. We headed to another part of Baltimore -- same city...
June is World Refugee Month. This is the time of year we acknowledge the courage and resilience of refugees and their enormous contributions to our community. Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution, or terror. We can also join together and lift...
by Erik Alsgaard Eleven delegates from the 2019 Special Session of General Conference, including five leaders from the UMCNext movement, have filed a petition with the Judicial Council asking them to reconsider their rulings from decision 1378. That April 25 ruling upheld certain parts of the...
Saturday, June 1, was a special day in the life of the Annual Conference Session. An extra day was added to the agenda and, for the first time in memory, the whole day was set apart to celebrate young people and their ministry.
Rev. Marvin McMickle, President and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and professor of African American Religious Studies for Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, led Annual Conference’s two-day Bible study on Luke 16:19-22. McMickle called attention to the contrast between...
