Bishops’ Retreat with Black Clergy 2023: Preach! Preacher, Preach!

By Rick Wolcott* All clergy were invited to participate in the Bishops’ Retreat with Black Clergy, a joint learning event hosted by Bishop Tracy S. Malone of the East Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church and Bishop Gregory V. Palmer of the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church. The annual retreat began [...]

Needing, Reading and Heeding the Words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 60 Years Later

By Rick Wolcott* “I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their ‘thus saith the Lord’ far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus [...]

Storyboard Episode 4

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TKfXcTbpBvvbqEljjist1 Episode Four is titled “Influence, Connection & Impact: The Black Pastors’ Fellowship”. The episode features Fellowship President the Rev. Dawan Buie, discipleship pastor at Medina UMC, sharing how the many connections between members positively influence their lives and impact their ministries. Listen to archived episodes of Storyboard: Faith Witness Transformation.