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...
Blast of Love is a ministry of Middletown UMC that seeks to share love in the community, born out of the Baltimore-Washington Conference's Catalyst Initiative. Catalyst is year-long process of discovery, exploration, and renewal. It empowers a church to initiate a Spirit-led vision...
By Neal Christie When will God step in and bring relief to those suffering under an unfair and broken immigration system? “When you get up and march forward,” said the Rev. Cassandra Nuñez, of Salem-Baltimore Hispanic UMC. “It is you who brings God into places...
Black History Month begins today. If I am completely honest, I have never really cared for this observance. It feels like a participation trophy for an entire race that has been as much a part of the history of this country as almost any other. There is no United States of America without the...
It is with a profound sense of grief that we mourn the loss of Mayor Kevin Ward, of Hyattsville, who died Jan. 25 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Ward was a servant leader who cared deeply about all the members of his community and gave generously – contributing food...
“100 percent becoming 100 percent” may be the new rallying cry and prayer as conference leaders continue to set a course for the years ahead. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling met with the Extended Cabinets of the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Conferences in early...
WAVE 2022, an online experience for youth, debuted Jan. 7-8, with preaching, music, conversation, teaching, and the enthusiasm of young people spread out, individually and in large and small groups, across the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences.
From the United Methodist Ad Hoc Committee Pending court approval of a settlement agreement in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) bankruptcy case, United Methodists have agreed to contribute $30 million to a $3 billion Survivor Trust Fund that will receive contributions from the Boy Scouts of...
