A Report by Ben Rigsby on the North Texas Planters Gathering This year the church planter conversation is overwhelmingly focused on the topic of finance. How do we pay to start new communities, or creatively keep old ones in a place where they can actively reach their neighbors. This gathering...
By Melissa Lauber The first bus arrived on April 15. That’s when the first volunteers swung into action – offering care and compassion to people they had never met. Since then, Gov. Gregory W. Abbott of Texas has been sending busloads of migrants to Union Station in Washington, D.C...
From Kevin Silberzahn Hope Rising Resource Center held an Open House on June 12 to celebrate its newly designated mission space at Wesley Freedom UMC; the hiring of a new Executive Director, Shannon Reinhardt; and the receipt of a $20,000 grant awarded by The Kahlert Foundation, led by...
By Rev. Neal Christie On Saturday the One Journey Festival celebrated the gifts and opportunities refugees offer the world as well as the many challenges refugees continue to face. One Journey amplifies refugee voices and enhances public awareness of refugee talents and contributions...
Guidance to Local BWC Churches (PDF Version) Maryland Churches received Renewal Notices in the mail in early June to renew their Non-Profit Sales and Use Tax Exemption Certificates. Incorporated churches will register on-line and churches that are not incorporated will need to request a...
By Calia Christie Learn more and take action Sign up to take Action through Baltimore Washington Conference Legislative Action Alerts! United Methodist Social Principles: Economic Community Learn more about the Third Reconstruction to fully address poverty...
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Thousands of clergy, union leaders, activists and scholars rallied near the U.S. Capitol on Saturday (June 18) at a march organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, calling on Congress to take action and address the plight of millions of Americans who struggle with poverty and...
By Melissa Lauber Being endorsed as a candidate for the episcopacy was the furthest thing from the Rev. Joseph Daniels’ mind when he attended the 2022 session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference. But when he heard his name recommended, something in his soul told him to pay...
By Melissa Lauber At Shiloh UMC in Hagerstown, the people’s hearts are so interwoven that their stories are written on one another’s faces and across one another’s lives. On June 12, Pastor Dionne Hall stood in front of the church, looked into those faces and saw the tragedy...
Colleagues, Yesterday, on June 9, there was a shooting at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg, near Hagerstown. Initial police reports indicate that three people were killed and one was wounded. The gunman and a police officer were also shot and injured after the gunman fled the...
