Commission on the General Conference FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2021 General Conference Postponed to 2022 Meeting on February 20, the Commission on the General Conference made a decision to further postpone the 2020 General Conference until August 29 – September 6, 2022, in...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling will remain at the helm of the Baltimore-Washington Conference through at least Nov. 2021, according to a statement from the Northeastern Jurisdiction (NEJ) College of Bishops. Bishop Peggy Johnson, president of the NEJ College of Bishops, made that announcement...
Nashville, Tenn.: The Executive Committee of the Commission on the General Conference has been notified by the Minneapolis Convention Center that they are restricting events at the venue through May 10, 2020, following recommendations by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Governor of...
Below is a press release from the Council of Bishops. Before reading it, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling wants to share these words with you: Beloved of God, I had the distinct privilege of joining other committed servants of God in a time of prayer, discernment, negotiation, and visioning for...
December 4, 2019 In February 2019, General Conference voted to create a new paragraph in the Book of Discipline (¶ 2553). This paragraph was intended to give individual local congregations a time-limited opportunity to "disaffiliate" from The...
During its called Special Session last February, the denomination's General Conference voted to grant United Methodist congregations a time-limited opportunity to withdraw or disaffiliate from the denomination for reasons of conscience based on decisions made during the Conference concerning...
Members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference went into the plenary sessions May 30 and 31 with more than 30 resolutions on which to deliberate and vote.
Updated June 3, 10:45 a.m. One of the high holy moments of any Annual Conference Session is the service of commissioning, reception and ordination. The 235th BWC Session was no different, but in many ways, totally different than any other in its storied past. That’s because, for the...
The special 2019 General Conference, which upheld and strengthened the denomination’s stance on homosexuality, caused the Church’s foundations to shift, said Bishop LaTrelle Easterling. To acknowledge this sea-change in the church, the bishop opted to open the Annual...
The Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Wesleyan Covenant Association issued a response to the April 29 Vision Statement by the Conference Discipleship Council in Response to Legislation Enacted during the 2019 General Conference. BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON CHAPTER OF THE WESLEYAN COVENANT...
