By Melissa Lauber On Emancipation Sunday, June 20, preachers in pulpits throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference celebrated the establishment this week of Juneteenth as a federal holiday. They called on United Methodists to re-commit themselves to reflection and action in the cause...
By Ashley B. DreffGeneral Secretary, Commission on Archives and History June is Pride month. I want to take a moment to celebrate a piece of United Methodist history prior to the insertion of language regarding sexuality into the 1972 Book of Discipline. In 1964...
By Melissa Lauber Sometimes politics and faith collide in ways that can shape national agendas. One prayer, one fast, one word spoken from the heart has the potential to transform – at least that’s the hope with the Fast for Freedom now underway in Washington, D.C. Emma Escobar...
By Melissa Lauber The people of the Baltimore-Washington Conference gathered in-person and online June 7 to offer a blessing to the more than 100 ordained clergy and local pastors who are being called and appointed to serve in new ministries starting July 1. At the time of the service, 28...
By Melissa Lauber and Erik Alsgaard The COVID-19 pandemic presented several financial challenges for local churches, and each rose to meet them in diverse ways. The Baltimore-Washington Conference Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) is taking this wide...
Greetings and Blessings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, As your Conference Lay Leaders, we affirm that active lay persons in vital local congregations are crucial for accomplishing the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. We...
“Where is God leading us? What do you think God wants us to be?” Questions like this delight and challenge the Rev. Jack Shitama, executive director of Pecometh Camp & Retreat Ministries in Centreville, Md., in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference. They spur him to dream and cast visions and to...
In the space between people lies the possibilities of God’s presence. The Rev. Neal Christie is excited about claiming that space as the new Executive Minister of Connected Engagement for the Baltimore-Washington Conference.
Bishop Daniel C. Arichea, Jr., a retired bishop of The United Methodist Church, died today, June 1. He was elected bishop in the Philippines Central Conference in November 1994. His wife, Ruth, announced his death on Facebook. "At 12:41 this afternoon, June 1, 2021, God...
Because the COVID-19 pandemic caused wide variations in how financial challenges were met by churches in the Baltimore-Washington Conference, the Council of Finance and Administration (CFA) is making an adjustment to the Mission Share formula to ensure congregations do not experience wild...
