Baltimore-Washington Conference

Washington Area Bishop John Schol 7178 Columbia Gateway Drive Columbia, MD 21046-2132 (800) 492-2525 or (410) 309-3400 http://www.bwcumc.org The Baltimore-Washington Conference is made up of 210,000 members in 702 United Methodist Churches in the Maryland, Washington, D.C. and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Our Role and Mission The role and mission of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church, to the glory of God, is: to be the basic connectional body for evangelization, ministry and mission in covenant with local congregations and the General and Jurisdictional Conferences; to unite the local congregations within its bounds into a basic, ongoing, inclusive body of the church universal under the Lordship of Jesus Christ; and resource and equip local congregations, conference ministries and other expressions of church as communities of disciples of Jesus Christ.