By Christa Meland* When Rev. Ron Bell was in high school, his father became superintendent of the Eastern District of the Delaware Annual Conference. As their family was moving into the superintendents’ big, beautiful parsonage in Eastern Maryland, the entire local police department surrounded the house with guns drawn and told Bell and his father to [...]
By Brett Hetherington* https://player.vimeo.com/video/644526696?h=5290e348b4&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 “We want to be involved in reaching people.” These words come from the Rev. Tim Monteith, who serves at Johnson First United Methodist Church (Canal District). This fall the church opened its campus for a block party to engage with the community. “We wanted it to be a connecting spot for [...]
For Immediate ReleaseWednesday, November 03, 2021 Bishop Bickerton elected as next president of UMC Council of Bishops WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bishop Thomas Bickerton, the residential bishop of New York Conference, was elected today as the next president of the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church during the bishops’ online meeting via Zoom. "It is very humbling to [...]
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