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 [...]
Category: Social Justice
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 [...]
GCSRW Blog Celebrates Newly Elected Women Bishops
During March, the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women (GCSRW) is celebrating Women’s History Month 2023 by publishing an eight-article blog series highlighting the newly elected women bishops of The United Methodist Church: Bishop Delores “Dee” Williamston, resident bishop of the Louisiana Conference Bishop Dottie Escobedo-Frank, resident bishop of the California-Pacific Conference [...]