Perspectives: Black Theologian Day 2023; Building a Just Economy in an Unjust World

By Brett Hetherington* A large crowd of East Ohio Conference laity and clergy was on hand Saturday November 18 to hear guest theologian the Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Williams, Jr. share about what it means to have a Just Economy. That was the theme of Black Theologian Day 2023, an annual East Ohio Conference Connectional [...]

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 [...]