By Melissa Lauber
At American University in Washington, D.C. students are beginning “to tell a new story” about race and justice. Their witness, being lived out at Kay Spiritual Life Center on campus, took on an added poignance on Feb. 1, the day of the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who...
By Rev. Antoine LoveChairperson, Black Methodists for Church Renewal
“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’”
On Feb. 1, in Memphis, Tenn., at the...
By Bishop LaTrelle Easterling
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and Black History Month, Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling, episcopal leader of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula Delaware Conferences, preached the following sermon on Feb. 1, 2023 at...
After prayer and consultation with the Cabinet, Bishop LaTrelle Miller Easterling has made the following appointments. Unless otherwise noted, all appointments on this page take effect on July 1, 2023.
Posted January 30
Laurel McNeal, to The Community Parish of Northern Baltimore...
The BWC's Young People's Ministry recently provided a grant of $1,000 to Glen Mar UMC in Ellicott City for their MLK Day of Service. The story below is from this year's event.
By Bruce Leuthold
On Jan. 16, Glen Mar UMC hosted its ninth annual MLK Jr. Day of Service with Ames Memorial...
By Melissa Lauber
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First UMC in Hyattsville, Md.
Gethsemane UMC in Capitol Heights, Md.
Grace UMC in Wilmington, Del.
Middlesex UMC in Carlisle, Pa.
Two years ago, four United Methodist churches embarked on a journey with Wesley Seminary’s Source Collaborative to discuss...
By Neal Christie
Active members of The United Methodist Church are motivated to engage in mission projects. We offer direct service through our communities or congregations. We meet people at the point of their needs. But many United Methodists are also engaged in advocating for justice. Some...
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and the Cabinets of the Baltimore-Washington and Peninsula-Delaware Conferences met this week to begin the work of clergy appointments.
Recognizing that this is a difficult and extraordinary time that we’re living through, the bishop is sending out...
We celebrate the five recipients of this year’s BWC Young People's Ministry Missional Innovation Grants, which total $25,000. They include:
The Four Church Collaborative Youth Program (FCC)as a collaboration between Wards 4,5,6, and 7 represented by Mount Vernon UMC, Petworth UMC...
By Rev. Dr. C. Anthony Hunt Senior Pastor, Epworth Chapel UMC
This year marks the 94th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birth in Atlanta, Georgia. A son of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church currently pastored by Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, the first African-American U.S...