By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt, Ph.D.Senior Pastor, Epworth Chapel UMC, Baltimore The Fierce Urgency of Now – Remembering the March on Washington On August 26, 2023, thousands of people from around the nation and world will gather in Washington, D.C. for the 60th anniversary and...
On Feb. 7, Wesley Theological Seminary hosted its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. The featured speaker was the Rev. Dr. Teresa Fry Brown, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta and a leader in the...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt Senior Pastor, Epworth Chapel UMC This year marks the 94th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth in Atlanta, Georgia. A son of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church currently pastored by Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, the first African-American U.S...
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and rescues them from all their troubles. The Lord is near the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. --- Psalm 34:17-18 Beloved: As the nation absorbs the guilty verdicts delivered in the case of former...
Churches called to address and advocate for Missing and Murdered Native American Girls and Women Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and the Baltimore- Washington Conference Committee on Native American Ministries are calling on United Methodists to support legislation that will solve the thousands of...
Musings on the Eve of March: Bible Study Zoom Bombed on the Last Day of Black History Month. Racism is alive in living Color By Rev. Dr. Lillian C. SmithPastor, Cheverly United Methodist Church February 28, 2021 “Hmph. Hmph. Hmph,” my mother said quietly. We were sitting together...
By Erik Alsgaard A new adult Lenten study, “Reclaiming and Living Covenant,” published by the Baltimore-Washington Conference, is a deep dive into biblical covenant and hope, and reconnecting relationships. That’s according to its two authors, who say the study is designed to...
Standing in virtual pulpits in churches less that a mile and half away from each other, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and Senator Cory Booker preached on justice Jan 17. Their thoughts, delivered independently of one another, were the prelude of an historic week that held the national observance of...
United Methodists know Jesus’ Great Commandment “to love your neighbor” by heart (Matthew 22:39).In the year ahead, church leaders throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference are invited to live this commandment in ways that build a Beloved Community.
On Dec.18, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, spoke at a service of prayer and solidarity at Asbury UMC in Washington, D.C., where vandals recently tore down and burned a Black Lives Matter banner. Bishop Easterling's remarks at Asbury UMC We...
