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Churches share their songs with annual conference
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During the Annual Conference Session, the BWC Worship Team created several devotionals and worship series, collecting music videos from the great talent and diversity from across the region.  The Rev. Kyle Durbin shared that 57 individuals participated in the virtual worship liturgy of the...

One Matters: Churches honored for discipleship
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In a special online awards presentation, several BWC churches were honored for their discipleship with a One Matters Award on Oct. 26. The denominational award, presented by Discipleship Ministries, honors churches that have moved from “zero to one,” bringing in one new member into...

New mission shares formula offers fairness for all churches
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  Amid a round of earnest debate and some technical challenges, members of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Session adopted a 2022 budget and a new formula for determining the mission shares payments that will help fund it. Following a presentation by Phil Potter, president of...

BWC celebrates those called to special ministries
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  During an evening of celebration, members of the Baltimore-Washington Conference took time to join a wide variety of church musicians in song, to pray together, and to honor some special people whom God has called to ministry. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling lifted up the ministries of this...

Members bolster creation care and endorse Protocol
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In voting on resolutions Oct. 26, members bolstered the BWC’s creation care ministries and endorsed The Protocol, a denominational initiative to address the church’s theological differences over human sexuality expected to come to the postponed 2020 General Conference next...

Memorial service remembers the saints of the BWC
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 Though the pandemic kept members, guests, visitors, and families apart from the Annual Conference Session again in 2021, the sacred time of remembrance in the Memorial Service went on in a powerful way. The Rev. HiRho Park proclaimed the good news of Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected...

BOOM honors Rev. C. Anthony Hunt
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As the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry brought forward its report to the Annual Conference Session Oct. 25, they took the opportunity to thank and honor the Rev. C. Anthony Hunt, who has led the board since 2016.  Recognizing his contributions as a leader and his deep expertise as...