From the Gun Violence Prevention team of the Baltimore-Washington Conference Five people, including four Morgan State University students, were shot Oct. 3 at Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore. The shooting occurred during a homecoming celebration as...
By Rev. Neal Christie On Saturday the One Journey Festival celebrated the gifts and opportunities refugees offer the world as well as the many challenges refugees continue to face. One Journey amplifies refugee voices and enhances public awareness of refugee talents and contributions...
Sign a petition to ICE to release Binsar Siahaan Read a story on the press briefing with faith leaders Bishop LaTrelle Easterling’s Remarks: Press Conference for Binsar Siahaan’s Release By Melissa Lauber It’s a political story of such gravity that it makes...
At the invitation of their district superintendents, several clergy leaders from the Peninsula-Delaware and Baltimore-Washington Conferences met with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling on Sept. 28. They discussed how churches can grow in vitality and “do something expansive for God.” As part...
By Rev. Charles L. Harrell “Why did God let this happen to us?” That question is on the hearts and minds of many of her fellow Ukrainians since February, according to Pastor Alla of the Kamyanitsa UMC. Pastor Alla was one of seven United Methodist leaders from the...
On Sept. 12, five women and three men will be ordained as Elders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, and three women and five men will be commissioned as provisional clergy members. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling will lay her hands on these pastors...
9:00 a.m. The weight of our next steps were made more real as some of those pictured above gave me their valuables for safekeeping. By the time we left the press conference at 10:30-ish, I was in possession of one Bible, three wallets, four cell phones, a wedding ring and a backpack that...
The first official event for the United Methodists engaging in the Love Knows No Borders kickoff event was a visit to Christ Ministry Center led by Rev. Bill Jenkins. Watch the video to learn more about the context of this ministry. This ministry center is a 501c3 with many components to...
I have a confession: this kind of thing makes me very uncomfortable. I have never considered myself a protestor or social activist. While I have marched and helped plan and execute a rally in recent years, I have never participated in an action where civil disobedience was a part of the plan. I...
