The Rev. Johnsie Cogman is an educator turned pastor who believes that Sunday school is just as important as secondary education when it comes to helping tomorrow’s leaders recognize their spiritual gifts. Cogman’s 23-year-old sons are following in their mother's footsteps toward serving The...
Bring your loose change to Annual Conference, because it is district versus district in this penny challenge. The goal of a penny challenge is to collect as many pennies as possible in your jar and put as many non-pennies in everyone else’s jars. Pennies give your district positive points—while...
We have an app! For the attendees of Annual Conference, there is an event mobile app available on the Google Play and Apple App stores. Use the app to keep track of the agenda, find a room using the map, explore the exhibit hall, read the resolutions, share photos and much more! The app will be...
Join us for a Facebook Live special event! May 11, at 12 noon, join us via Facebook Live for a preview of the 2017 Baltimore-Washington Conference Session. The Annual Conference Session will be meeting in Washington, D.C., at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, from May 31 to June 2. Learn about...
United Methodist boards of ordained ministry must look at all qualifications to determine whether a ministerial candidate is a fitting applicant — including adherence to the church’s position on homosexuality.
Bishop Bruce R. Ough wrote the following statement to all United Methodists on behalf of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. The statement is in response to a just-released Judicial Council ruling that the consecration of a gay bishop violates church law.
The consecration of a gay bishop violates church law, the top court of The United Methodist Church has ruled.
The Council of Bishops (COB) has called a Special Session of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC) to be held February 23-26, 2019 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
There have been many nicknames for the band of believers who followed the lead of John and Charles Wesley in their early ministry in England: Enthusiasts, Sacramentarians, Bible Moths, Methodists. Their methods, values, and tradition laid the groundwork for what would become The United Methodist...
The annual Feed the Hungry Potato Drop was a successful event again this year, distributing 44,000 pounds of potatoes throughout Washington and Frederick counties, as well as locations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. More than 70 volunteers came to Bethel UMC in Smithsburg to help on a...
