By Melissa Lauber Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling was reassigned by the Northeastern Jurisdiction Committee on the Episcopacy to lead the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences. The appointment was announced and celebrated on Nov. 4 at the Jurisdiction’s meeting in...
Read NEJ's Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate When the delegates of the Northeast Jurisdiction Conference gather in College Park on Nov. 1-4, they will elect two bishops, to replace Bishops Sudarshana Devadhar and Mark Webb, who are retiring. There are nine candidates for the...
By Melissa Lauber Confident that outstanding leadership is an essential part of helping churches thrive, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling invited best-selling author Tod Bolsinger into a deep conversation as part of the new Next Level Speaker Series on Oct. 20 at St. Mark’s UMC in Easton...
See a video of Giovanni Arroyo's installation service The Rev. Dr. Giovanni Arroyo was installed as General Secretary of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race on Oct. 14 in a worship service at National UMC in Washington, D.C. He is the first Latino to lead a denominational...
The Korean Caucus of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, whose president is the Rev. Myungha Baek, held a Stop Asian Hate Crime seminar on Oct. 1 at Bethany Korean UMC in Ellicott City. The Rev. Dawn Hand, superintendent of the Central Maryland District, opened the...
Miracles happens, and sometimes they surprise us. During the pandemic, the Rev. Gay Carden pastored sick people and led the funerals of those who died. “There was a darkness in the pandemic,” she said. Recently, she also found the light. On Sept. 15, Carden, pastor of Asbury...
The Northeastern Jurisdiction College of Bishops, in consultation with the Committee on Episcopacy, has announced a Special Called Session of Jurisdictional Conference, to be held virtually Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The two specific items on the agenda are: Hearing a report...
The contaminated water situation in the Sandtown and Harlem Park communities of West Baltimore is critical. The city is providing water; however, not at the level of the need on the ground Resurrection West Cooperative Parish (Ames Memorial and Metropolitan United Methodist churches) is...
By Melissa Lauber There’s a fable about a woodcutter, but it’s also about pastors: One day, there was a man cutting down a tree in the forest. A boy happened past, and asked, “What you are doing?” The woodcutter responded with the obvious answer, “I’m...
Sandra Ferguson, who served for decades as a leader in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, died Aug. 20. Her legacy lives on in those who walked with her in ministry and all those whose lives she touched. As a conference communicator, I had the privilege of witnessing her faith as it unfolded...
