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Conference board creates new Hispanic ministry
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article reprinted from the United Methodist Connection Reprinted from the Dec 19, 2001, issue     UMCOnnection file photo A growing Hispanic population has created a need for increased ministries. Conference board creates new Hispanic ministry BY KATHY LAGRATTA...

UM History
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200 Years AgoHarford Circuit Quarterly Minutes 1805-1830? A book at Lovely Lane Museum opens with a list of 24 classes on the circuit in Harford County.100 Years AgoChristian Advocate, June 1, 1905? Tent services were begun at Milton & Oliver Streets church site by the Rev. R.C. Benson of...

Lessons of disruption from early Christianity
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BY ROD MILLERIn the unsettled world of the first few centuries A.D., Christians advocated and demonstrated approaches to living that were both new and understandable. They expressed new realities in ways that connected with the contemporary society. This identity can be seen in the term they...

Korea, BWC share culture
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By Christine KumarUMConnection StaffRev. Nak Hwan Kim danced for God for the first time in his life during his visit to the Baltimore Washington Conference.'I never dance like this in my country,' said Kim, who is leader of an exchange program between the Baltimore-Washington Conference and...

Bishop announces future plans
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article reprinted from the UMConnection: Commentary April 7, 2004 On-line VOL. 15, NO. 7 NEWS   Bishop announces future plans BY ERIK ALSGAARDUMCONNECTION STAFFBishop Felton Edwin May, episcopal leader of the Washington Area since 1996, has announced that, after he...

Black clergy to recognize legacy
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By Melissa LauberUMCONNECTION STAFFForty years ago, the racially-segregated Washington Conference of The Methodist Church was disbanded. While hailed as a move to end discrimination, some believe this move forced African Americans to sacrifice a portion of their unique heritage and identity. On...