The Northeastern Jurisdiction Council on Youth Ministry plans a ‘Mission of Peace’ to Cuba in late 2017. Youth who will be high school juniors and seniors are invited to join this diplomatic journey to witness the Holy Spirit at work and experience God’s extended family as they live as Disciples...
When FaithPoint UMC, which currently meets in a middle school in Urbana, decided to start a second campus, they abandoned traditional thinking – they even rejected the idea of having a building – choosing to create an online faith community that defies most current models of “church.”
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling called the clergy of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to a time away for deep engagement with God’s Word, one another, and the teaching of the Rev. Robert Hill, a New Testament professor and dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University. The Pre-Advent Day Apart was...
Today as the Youth Council of M.A.R.C.H.A, we write these words while our bodies are threatened yet again by those who follow the less-than Christian ideals of building walls rather than bridges. Today for some, the veil of racism, xenophobia, homophobia and misogyny has been lifted exposing...
A few hundred people walked out of a North Carolina youth event during a session dealing with pain and racism felt by young Hispanic-Latinos, who had earlier been victims of intimidation, conference officials said.
The Baltimore-Washington Conference Commission on Religion and Race, chaired by the Rev. Rod Miller, offers these thoughts following the divisive presidential election Nov. 8. We have just come through an emotional, divisive and painful political season. And while many are celebrating the...
You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,will say to the Lord, "My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." -- Psalm 91: 1-2 Beloved: It is the day after another election in our country, another opportunity for us to...
Bishop Grant Hagiya told the 750 church leaders gathered at the Council of Bishops’ Extended Cabinet Summit to lead with courage for the sake of the future of The United Methodist Church.
About 750 leaders of The United Methodist Church gathered in Jacksonville, Fla., this week to start the new quadrennium focused on the mission of cultivating vital congregations to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.
Metropolitan Memorial UMC in Washington, D.C., was founded in the 1800’s by an act of the General Conference to represent Methodists from all over the United States. Churches and individuals from all states, including President Abraham Lincoln, gave money for the construction of the original...
