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...
By Kenneth Clark The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked the entire world like nothing seen since the Great Spanish Influenza Pandemic 100 years ago. Millions of lives have been lost to the virus with over 800,000 deaths in the United States. Medical scientists and professionals have raced...
By Neal Christie The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be observed this year Jan. 18-25. This annual observance, started in 1968, invites all Christians everywhere to remember one another in prayer and strengthen the bonds of love and mutual mission we share in Jesus...
By Melissa Lauber A key ingredient to ensuring that all the pastors of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are able to flourish in ministry, is knowing their stories and the systemic challenges they face because of gender and race. A new conference-wide survey, to be released Jan...
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