By Sharon Milton On June 1, the last day of Annual Conference, we boarded two buses that left Marriott at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, as part of learning lab, which invited confirmands to explore Methodist history and urban ministry. We headed to another part of Baltimore -- same city...
June is World Refugee Month. This is the time of year we acknowledge the courage and resilience of refugees and their enormous contributions to our community. Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution, or terror. We can also join together and lift...
by Erik Alsgaard Eleven delegates from the 2019 Special Session of General Conference, including five leaders from the UMCNext movement, have filed a petition with the Judicial Council asking them to reconsider their rulings from decision 1378. That April 25 ruling upheld certain parts of the...
Saturday, June 1, was a special day in the life of the Annual Conference Session. An extra day was added to the agenda and, for the first time in memory, the whole day was set apart to celebrate young people and their ministry.
Members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference went into the plenary sessions May 30 and 31 with more than 30 resolutions on which to deliberate and vote.
By unanimous voice vote, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference approved the 2020 budget. Total income, spread between mission shares (apportionments) and other income, comes to $18,641,514. Total expenses equal income.
“Transformed lives transform lives,” is the new vision statement that will guide the Baltimore-Washington Conference into this next season of equipping and inspiring churches to make disciples for the transformation of the world.
Rev. Marvin McMickle, President and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and professor of African American Religious Studies for Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, led Annual Conference’s two-day Bible study on Luke 16:19-22. McMickle called attention to the contrast between...
by Melissa Lauber The Rev. Sherri Wood-Powe, a member of the BWC’s worship team, assists with the Memorial Service May 30. Photo by Tony Richards. A Facebook post from the Rev. Stephanie Vader may sum it up best: “The Holy Spirit blew through our annual conference. She can be such a...
Updated June 3, 10:45 a.m. One of the high holy moments of any Annual Conference Session is the service of commissioning, reception and ordination. The 235th BWC Session was no different, but in many ways, totally different than any other in its storied past. That’s because, for the...
