By Erik Alsgaard On Oct. 27, 1771, Francis Asbury set foot in Colonial America. Methodism’s first bishop, Asbury ordained about 700 clergy before his death in 1816. On Oct. 27, 2021 – 250 years to the day -- the Baltimore-Washington Conference celebrated the ordination and...
On Sept. 12, five women and three men will be ordained as Elders in the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, and three women and five men will be commissioned as provisional clergy members. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling will lay her hands on these pastors...
March 27, 2020 In response to the coronavirus, the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore has canceled all groups meeting at its venue through May. As a result, the 236th session of the Baltimore-Washington Conference, scheduled for May 27-29, has been...
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...
by Melissa Lauber The Rev. Sherri Wood-Powe, a member of the BWC’s worship team, assists with the Memorial Service May 30. Photo by Tony Richards. A Facebook post from the Rev. Stephanie Vader may sum it up best: “The Holy Spirit blew through our annual conference. She can be such a...
Updated June 3, 10:45 a.m. One of the high holy moments of any Annual Conference Session is the service of commissioning, reception and ordination. The 235th BWC Session was no different, but in many ways, totally different than any other in its storied past. That’s because, for the...
