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The Zimbabwe Episcopal Area of The United Methodist Church has its first female bishop, albeit for only one week.

A postcard home from Zimbabwe: Ubuntu

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Jul 19, 2017

I have a bad cold. There’s an illness is sweeping through the BWC delegation, so I’ve taken to bed in the Ubuntu Retreat Center. Ubuntu, I’m told, means “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.” It’s a good place to rest one’s head.

A postcard home from Zimbabwe: Opening Session

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Jul 17, 2017

The glory of the connectional church was on display at Africa University July 17, when members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference joined with the clergy of Zimbabwe in the opening of the Pastors’ School.

A postcard home from Zimbabwe: Africa University

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Jul 17, 2017

“Africa University is your school,” said Vice Chancellor Munashe Furusa, the president of the United Methodist pan-African school, as he addressed members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference.

A postcard home from Zimbabwe: ’How Great Thou Art’

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Jul 16, 2017

In English and Shona, the bishops of the Washington and Zimbabwe Episcopal Areas joined voices to sing “How Great Thou Art,” during worship July 16 at Mount Pleasant Preaching Station.

A postcard home from Zimbabwe: The sun rises

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Jul 15, 2017

As we arrived in Africa, the sun rose to meet us. It’s an interesting thing to watch the sunrise from above the clouds.

The Rev. Alva Daniel Tice, 91, a retired Elder died July 14, 2017, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  A memorial service was held July 22 at Mt. Olive Brethren Church in McGaheysville, Va. Interment is at the Mountain Valley United Methodist Church cemetery. Alva Daniel “A.D.&rdquo...

Methodism’s influence sometimes surfaces in surprising places and unexpected ways. If your education was like mine, you were taught that the first settlers in the Pacific Northwest in the wake of Lewis and Clark were the trappers and traders following the Columbia River, following lure of gold...

Evolution in technology has brought changes in many fields including the way we monitor and evaluate projects. The traditional way of monitoring and evaluation is being gradually replaced by digital processes. The manual methods of pen and paper evaluation are changing. Organisations used to put...

By Erik Alsgaard In this episode of Digital Missionaries, we talk with Delores Martin, the Lay Leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. Today, we learn about how laity and clergy can partner together for more effective ministry, and how Martin became Lay Leader in the first...