The Rev. Rodney T. Smothers has been appointed by Bishop LaTrelle Easterling to serve on the staff of the Baltimore-Washington Conference in the newly created positon of Congregational Development Resource Specialist.
The Rev. Johnsie Cogman is an educator turned pastor who believes that Sunday school is just as important as secondary education when it comes to helping tomorrow’s leaders recognize their spiritual gifts. Cogman’s 23-year-old sons are following in their mother's footsteps toward serving The...
The mission of The United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. One place that is happening – a lot – in the Baltimore-Washington Conference is the Retreat and Camping Ministries (RCM) area.
I greet you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With my deep appreciation for her ministry and many gifts, and with prayerful discernment in fulfilling the needed consultation process, I share with you my intention to appoint the Rev. Dr. Laura Easto as pastor of Potomac...
At Wesley Theological Seminary, they know that when significant art comes together with deep theology, God shows up.
What inspires the inspiring? For Chance the Rapper, it’s the preaching of a United Methodist pastor in West Virginia.
Candice Potts stood before a room of lay and clergy women from the Baltimore-Washington Conference wearing an intricate blue rhinestone necklace that caught the light of the hotel ballroom. “Can we have a song?” asked Bishop LaTrelle Easterling as she prepared to preach.
An estimated 200,000 people converged on Washington, D.C., April 29, for the Peoples Climate March. United Methodists added their voices to the march, which addressed the crisis of global warming, and protested what many see as policy changes by the Trump administration that will harm the...
United Methodist boards of ordained ministry must look at all qualifications to determine whether a ministerial candidate is a fitting applicant — including adherence to the church’s position on homosexuality.
Bishop Bruce R. Ough wrote the following statement to all United Methodists on behalf of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church. The statement is in response to a just-released Judicial Council ruling that the consecration of a gay bishop violates church law.
