The clock is running out for children in Africa, where every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria. To address this unfolding tragedy, United Methodists throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference are joining in a partnership with the Washington Mystics and Nothing but Nets to take a shot at...
BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFFThe Rev. Raymond Moreland, the retiring president of the Maryland Bible Society, welcomes guests to a prayer breakfast in Baltimore March 12, to celebrate the group’s 200th anniversary. The breakfast featured the remarks of award-winning author Tony...
By Linda Bloom United Methodist News Service An “ambitious” 164-page report submitted to the White House in March on partnerships with faith-based organizations already is having an impact, says a United Methodist involved in the process. The more than 60 recommendations from the...
BY LINDA UNGER UNITED METHODIST NEWS SERVICE After nearly five years of relief and recovery work in Gulf Coast states affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the United Methodist Committee on Relief has released its final disbursement of funds for the recovery effort. “Our work in...
By Kathy Gilbert United Methodist News Service The landmark vote on health care by the House of Representatives March 21 affirms The United Methodist Church’s Social Principles that declares health care is a “basic human right,” the top executive of the denomination’s...
Teaser:Letters explore how God can be honored in letters to the editor, how a proposed after-school program for children can be a door to discipleship and a response in favor of the new law ensuring the rights of same-sex marriage in D.C. God can be honored in letters It has been a few years...
Teaser:Rev. Phil Wogaman explores Paul's conversion and how we, today, underestimate God's transforming power.Acts 9:1-20 BY PHIL WOGAMAN The story of Paul on the Damascus Road is one of the most dramatic in Acts. It contains an extraordinary witness to resurrection faith. It is not about...
Teaser:A national study provides a comprehensive look at clergy effectiveness.CHRISTIE ZIMMERMAN UMCONNECTION STAFF A pastoral job analysis study, commissioned by the Board of Higher Education, is being used by leaders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference to better understand pastoral...
Teaser:Jim Winkler denounces those who use mistrust and anger to stir up racism and dissent.BY JIM WINKLER Meaningful and civil discourse has been an overarching priority for the United Methodist General Board of Church & Society as we assist local churches and represent United Methodist...
Teaser:The Rev. Gil Caldwell explores the exquisite particularities of inclusion and who gets invited to God's tableBY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF On March 6, more than 50 people gathered at the Baltimore-Washington Conference Center to hear the Rev. Gil Caldwell of Chicago speak about...
