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

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...

Church forms partnerships for mission

Posted by Melissa Lauber on May 01, 2018

Ask and you shall receive” is a simple Gospel promise, but at Mt. Olive UMC in Randallstown, it’s opening up new possibilities for mission and partnership.

More than 300 United Methodists from throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference did just that April 21, attending one of two Pre-Conference Briefings to prepare for the upcoming Annual Conference Session.

The relationship between the Baltimore-Washington Conference and Africa University stretches back decades, even to the point before it actually existed. That relationship went a little deeper recently with the groundbreaking of a new swimming pool at Africa University, the first piece of a new...

United Methodist bishops were reminded April 29 that the church is watching, waiting and wondering if and how they will lead the denomination into the future. The Council of Bishops meets through May 4. Read Bishop Ough's sermon.

Q & A on the new Board of Ordained Ministry policy on examining candidates

At the April 21 Pre-Conference Session in Frederick, a question was raised about a United Methodist church seeking to break ties with the denomination. We offer this Q&A to bring clarity around that issue.