Teaser:Do we dare to have the mind of Christ? Have our own hearts been "strangely warmed?" Three bishops at annual conference challenge United Methodists to take the temperature of their own hearts this Aldersgate Day. BY MELISSA LAUBER On May 24, 270 years ago, John Wesley's heart was...
Teaser:"Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God." These rules can provide a foundation for God-fashioned living, said Bishop Jane Allen Middleton.BY CHRISTINE KUMAR UMConnection Staff "Do no harm. Do good. Stay in love with God." If United Methodists follow these three simple rules as they...
Teaser:Wake up, lighten up, loosen up, and claim the unique gifts with which God has blessed you, Bishop Thomas Bickerton told the ordinands at a service May 24.BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF Eighteen women and men were ordained as Elders and one woman was ordained a full member Deacon...
Teaser:Discipleship set the vision for the 2009 conference budget and the benevolence factor, which determines apportionment payments, was cut by a half of a percent.By MELISSA LAUBER UMConnection Staff Budgets are financial road maps that lead us to our goals, the Rev. Charles Harrell told the...
Teaser:Annual conference members welcomed two churches from Bermuda, helped prevent malaria in Africa and dicovered new opportunities for spirtual growth.BY LINDA WORTHINGTON UMCONNECTION STAFF Discipleship ministries were the focus of the morning's plenary session, May 23, as the Rev. Robert...
Teaser:Leadership choices, homosexuality and reproductive choice were among the topics considered by annual conference members. BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF In the spirit of holy conferencing, members of the 224th annual conference confronted a number of potentially controversial...
Teaser:"The primary role of a bishop is to bring the light of Christ to the world,"' says the conference's episcopal nominee.BY MELISSA LAUBER UMCONNECTION STAFF The Rev. Peggy Johnson was endorsed by the members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to be their candidate for bishop in the...
Teaser:A move from nine districts to eight is expected to provide new models for equipping local churches.By SHAUN LANE UMConnection Staff In an initiative aimed at better allocating conference resources to help all churches become Acts 2 congregations, the members of the Baltimore-Washington...
BY SHAUN LANE UMConnection Staff "Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made...
Teaser:Mark Miller leads molodic stylings at this year's Annual Conference CHRISTOPHER J. TROILO At the 2008 General and the 2008 Baltimore-Washington Annual conferences, United Methodists have been treated to the melodic styling of Mark Miller, a charismatic musician who seems born to lead...
