A Possible Future
What if United Methodism allowed its basic units to dissociate from the General Church while maintaining covenantal ties? suggests the Rev. Bryant M. Oskvig of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference.
View ArticleHere's What I Have to Say About Baltimore
The eruption of violence in Baltimore in the wake of the police custody death of Freddie Gray prompts a response from UM Insight coordinator Cynthia B. Astle.
View ArticleWhat It All Comes Down To
Visiting the 2015 session of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference, the Rev. Laurie Haller finds a link between the historic questions asked of ordinands and the church's call to ministry today.
View ArticleBaltimore-Washington Board OK's Married Lesbian for Deacon
Defying the UMC's ban on ordaining LGBTQI people as clergy, the board of ordained ministry of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference has recommended a married lesbian for commissioning as a...
View ArticleWesley Seminary to Debut Reinhold Niebuhr Film
If you're in the Washington, DC, area, here's an opportunity for a premier showing of a documentary about theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.
View ArticleBe Bold, Said the Bishop
United Methodist Insight Editor Cynthia B. Astle recalls her nearly 30-year acquaintance with Bishop Felton E. May, who died Feb. 27.
View ArticleBishop Felton May, Known for 'Holy Boldness,' Dies
Bishop Felton E. May, a prophet of "holy boldness" and a creative spark behind Africa University and the UMC's Communities of Shalom, died Feb. 27 at age 81.
View ArticleIn Protest of LGBTQ Treatment in UMC, Phil Wogaman Surrenders Clergy Credentials
The Rev. Dr. J. Philip Wogaman, one of the leading Christian ethicists in The United Methodist Church, surrendered his clergy credentials May 31 in protest of the Baltimore-Washington Conference's...
View ArticleBaltimore-Washington Conference Report on Wogaman Surrendering Credentials
In an on-site account, the Rev. Erik Alsgaard reports on the circumstances around Dr. J. Philip Wogaman surrendering his clergy credentials in protest of United Methodist law banning the ordination of...
View ArticleConferences Take on Immigration, Sexuality
U.S. annual conferences tackled church responses to tough topics during the 2017 season, reports Heather Hahn of United Methodist News Service.
View ArticleUMs Meet to Discuss Gun Sense
In the aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting massacre, United Methodists in the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference begin to address issues around gun violence in America.
View ArticleBishop Rules 2 LGBTQ Clergy Candidates Ineligible
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling said she relied on two decisions by the Judicial Council, the denomination's "high court," in making her ruling on the candidates' elibility.
View ArticleThe End of Wesleyan Accountability in the #UMC
The bishop's action in the Baltimore-Washington Conference clergy session has cut deeply into historic Wesleyan accountability by one's ministry peers, writes the Rev. Jeremy Smith.
View ArticleUnited Methodists Respond to Annapolis Shooting
United Methodists, including a police chaplain, were among the first to respond to the shooting at the office of the Capital-Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md.
View ArticleUnited Methodists Unite to Love
Upon learning that white supremacists would march in Washington, D.C., on the anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville demonstration, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling envisioned a rally of love to counteract...
View ArticleBishop Rules 2 LGBTQ Clergy Candidates Ineligible
Bishop LaTrelle Easterling said she relied on two decisions by the Judicial Council, the denomination's "high court," in making her ruling on the candidates' elibility.
View ArticleA Possible Future
What if United Methodism allowed its basic units to dissociate from the General Church while maintaining covenantal ties? suggests the Rev. Bryant M. Oskvig of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference.
View ArticleHere's What I Have to Say About Baltimore
The eruption of violence in Baltimore in the wake of the police custody death of Freddie Gray prompts a response from UM Insight coordinator Cynthia B. Astle.
View ArticleWhat It All Comes Down To
Visiting the 2015 session of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference, the Rev. Laurie Haller finds a link between the historic questions asked of ordinands and the church's call to ministry today.
View ArticleBaltimore-Washington Board OK's Married Lesbian for Deacon
Defying the UMC's ban on ordaining LGBTQI people as clergy, the board of ordained ministry of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference has recommended a married lesbian for commissioning as a...
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