NOTE: This is the full text of Judicial Council ruling 1391. The original decision was posted here. November 01 2019 In Re: IN RE: Review of a Bishop’s Ruling on a Question of Law in the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Wherein Said Questions Exclusively Concerned the...
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Via the e-connection, members of several churches throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference shared words of appreciation for their pastors. Some pastors possess a spirit of generosity that shines in all they do. Jen Karsner of Asbury UMC in Arnold is...
by Erik Alsgaard The church, said the Rev. David Anderson Hooker, is in a unique position to address the issues of privilege, power and poverty. That was the message Oct. 18 and 19 in Baltimore as he spoke at the reCall Summit 3.0. Hooker, who once served as Assistant Attorney General in...
This fall begins a season in which Elders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference are asked to discern if they may feel a call to serve as a bishop in The United Methodist Church. At the Northeast Jurisdictional Conference, which will be held July 13-17, 2020, in Hunt Valley, it is...
Today, as a community and a church, we turn to God, coming together in our grief as we mourn the passage of a national leader and son of Baltimore, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings. Our hearts cry out in sorrow at the loss of this faithful servant, friend, and champion of justice. We...
Nineteen members from the Baltimore-Washington Conference began an immersion experience for a long weekend on Oct. 11 with instructions from the poet Ranier Maria Rilke: “Live the questions and your experience will become the answer.”
The border wall runs through Friendship Park in San Diego, California. Armed guards watch as families enter the space between two fences. On the other side of the fence, barely visible, is Tijuana, Mexico. The families come on weekends, to steal a few minutes, talking to loved ones through the...
At Christ Ministry Center in San Diego, they know that “anxiety is the opposite of faith.” In 2011, Christ UMC closed its doors and the Rev. Bill Jenkins re-opened the facility as a Ministry Center. The center houses a vast array of ministries and congregations, but at its heart is...
Every Sunday, as members of the bi-national Border Church worship together, a microphone allows voices and songs to be shared as prayers are raised from both sides of the border.
Working with migrants has taught Bishop Felipe Ruiz Aguilar humility. It’s also taught him things he never wanted to know. For example, he said, Mexican mothers putting their teenage daughters on “The Beast,” a train that will take them through Mexico to the US border. The...
