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When fighting racism, sexism, xenophobia, misogyny and other “isms,” United Methodists are at a distinct advantage. That was evident during the reCall Summit in October.

St. Simons Island, Georgia – Council of Bishops President Bishop Ken Carter this morning urged fellow bishops to call upon God to help The United Methodist Church to move forward during this time when the church finds itself in unfamiliar territory. In his presidential address at the...

Adopted by Council of Bishops on November 6, 2018  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,             because he has anointed me            to bring good news to the poor. He has sent...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, resident bishop of the Western Pennsylvania Conference, has released the following statement: "The United Methodist Church of...

By Erik Alsgaard                     Lovely Lane UMC: Baltimore City Station, the historic birthplace of Methodism in the United States, voted Oct. 21 to become a Reconciling Community. The move, said the church’s pastor, the...

By Erik AlsgaardUMConnection staff Church members and civic leaders pray on the front porch of the new UMC House at Van Buren UMC in Washington, D.C. Photo by Erik Alsgaard. Every Sunday morning for months, Pastor Lucinda Kent stopped in the breezeway between the parsonage and church at Van...

By Heather Hahn and Jim PattersonUnited Methodist News Service St. Andrew UMC in Panama City, Fla., seen Oct. 11 after Hurricane Michael. United Methodists across the southeast are preparing to offer long-term relief after the most powerful hurricane in nearly 50 years slammed into the...

Laity: From Volunteer to Disciple

Posted by Melissa Lauber on Oct 09, 2018

By Melissa Lauber Lay people throughout the Baltimore-Washington Conference’s 631 churches volunteer countless hours to ministry. Or do they? Words matter, and the word “volunteer” may need to be stricken from the church’s lexicon in favor of “disciple,” many...

By Bishop LaTrelle Easterling Families are often torn apart by divorce. Persons who once had love and concern for each other, spent holidays and celebrations together, who claimed one another beyond bloodlines suddenly are not speaking at all. Persons once so close you couldn’t slide a...

With the Special Session of General Conference less than five months away, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling has a message for her flock: be informed, be engaged, be pro-active. The four-day meeting, Feb. 23-26, will take place in St. Louis, Mo., to receive and act on a report from the Commission on a...