News and Views

Bishop LaTrelle Easterling issued a statement May 6 on the recent work of the Council of Bishops and a way forward for the UMC.

United Methodist bishops recommend so-called "One Church Plan;" all three plans to go to 2019 Special General Conference.

Margaret Dell Williams, 76, the wife of the Rev. Maceo Williams, a retired Elder, died May 3, 2018, in Gilchrist Hospice of Towson. A funeral was held May 12 at Union Memorial UMC in Baltimore. Margaret Dell Williams was born April 23, 1942, in South Carolina. She was a resident of Baltimore at...

On April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet cut short the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was in Memphis, Tenn., when he was murdered, lending his voice and his cause to African Americans involved in a sanitation worker’s strike in that city.

Since 1895, Christ Deaf UMC has been the place where hearing people could connect with their Deaf, deaf-blind and hearing-impaired sisters and brothers. Now, we are actively responding to the challenge from Ephesians 4 issued at last year’s Annual Conference: “I want you to get out there and...

In a recent article by Barna Research, they cited the fact that 51 percent of churchgoers don’t know the Great Commission. What surprised me in the article is that this stat was not taken from people who don’t attend church. Rather Matthew 28:18-20 (The Great Commission) is unfamiliar to 51...

 By Ellen BachmanMember of National UMC in Washington, D.C. I am grateful for the recent announcement of the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM), that they “do not view race, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or age” as...

By Nan McCurdy As missionaries with the General Board of Global Ministries, we’ve had covenant relationships with churches in the Baltimore- Washington Conference since the 1980’s. We’re excited about sharing news of our new missionary assignment in Mexico. Beginning in July we...

Wednesday  5 to 6:45 p.m. K.D. Weaver – “Meditate Like Jesus” If you want to arrive at a new destination, you must be willing to travel on a new road.  “Meditate Like Jesus” is that new road, leading individuals and spiritual communities to new...

It's amazing how God uses service animals to provide empowerment, strength, and support for those with disAbilities, sometimes referred to differing abilities. Service animals came about in the mid-1920s, in which they are trained to support individuals; however, service animals assisting with...