“How great is our God?” asked Young Adult Council Chair Raimon Jackson as he sang to open the Connectional Ministries report at Annual Conference June 2. Eleven-year-old Nora Meeks, of Silver Spring UMC, responded with her witness of traveling on her first mission trip with the BWC to...
Bishop Marcus Matthews preached his final sermon as leader of the Baltimore-Washington Conference during opening worship Thursday night, returning to the themes he established when he arrived four years ago: making each church a prayer station; each church bringing one person to Christ; and each...
In a historic moment, members of Upper New York Annual Conference connect live with the BWC, whose members are meeting in Washington D.C., to honor and bid farewell to Bishop Matthews, who is retiring.
The Rev. Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, superintendent of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, has been endorsed as a candidate for bishop by the BWC’s delegation to the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference. She is scheduled to be introduced to the members of the Annual Conference today for a vote to make...
Today at 8:30 a.m., Bishop Marcus Matthews will gavel the 232nd session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference to order with the theme, “You Have the Power.”
As members of the ordination class of 2016 and new clergy leaders of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, we feel God calling us to speak in the midst of a historic moment in the life of our annual conference. We give thanks for the leadership of the Board of Ordained Ministry as it has chosen...
Issued June 1, 2016 Today during the Clergy Executive Session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, clergy did not accept the recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry to approve T.C. Morrow for provisional membership as a deacon. We are deeply saddened...
The following statement was signed by members of the Wesley Theological Seminary community. “We were in seminary with TC” And we could not be more saddened or disappointed with this vote today. We were colleagues with TC as we were all discerning our calls and preparing for them...
What if someone from my church at home wants to see the worship and plenary sessions? The events in the Grand Ballroom will be streamed live on the conference website. In addition, you can use your tablet or smart phone to follow along with the proceedings or find important documents online...
The 12 delegates elected to the 2016 General Conference by the Baltimore-Washington Conference joined members from throughout the global church as they gathered May 10-20 in Portland, Ore., to chart the future of the church.
