The General Conference of The United Methodist Church affirms the sacredness of Native American people, their languages, cultures, and gifts to the church and the world, past and present. As people of faith, we celebrate and honor Native American peoples and commemorate their histories...
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 Susan Bender, Chair, Gun Violence Prevention Team Our hearts cry out for the recent shooting victims in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, and all around our conference. Gun violence is a complicated issue and there is no simple answer. That doesn’t mean we should accept that nothing can be done...
By Susan BenderChair, BWC-UMC Gun Violence Prevention Team At annual conference in October, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference passed a resolution declaring gun violence a public health emergency within our conference. Last week, a mother was killed in D.C...
By Susan Bender At annual conference in October, the Baltimore-Washington Conference passed a resolution declaring gun violence a public health emergency within our conference. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2,300 children ages 0-17 were killed...
By Melissa Lauber Over the past several months, God has been showing up at Journey UMC in Temple Hills “in all kinds of unexpected ways,” said the Rev. Michael Parker. On Dec. 18, Parker stood on the front lawn of a former parsonage and consecrated it to become home for a family in...
On Dec. 13, the Rev. Neal Christie, the BWC’s Executive Minister of Connected Engagement, spoke on behalf of Bishop LaTrelle Easterling at a rally on Capitol Hill focusing on the moral imperatives of the 2021 Build Back Better Budget and the need not to overlook this...
By Neal Christie What would compel a group of twenty-five Frostburg University students to board a bus at the break of dawn one Saturday morning and drive to Washington, D.C.? And why would a group of Howard University students wait in the cold, under a tent outside, to welcome students they had...
United Methodists are called to advocate for proposed legislation.
By Erik Alsgaard A new adult Lenten study, “Reclaiming and Living Covenant,” published by the Baltimore-Washington Conference, is a deep dive into biblical covenant and hope, and reconnecting relationships. That’s according to its two authors, who say the study is designed to...
