We continue our look at the various Annual Conferences across the United States, this time we look at the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. This conference was recently sued by 38 churches within the conference who are attempting to leave the denomination but were disheartened by what they saw as unfair conditions placed on leaving. Unlike most Annual Conferences the Board of Trusties here has implemented a 50% "fair market value of real estate" condition before any church can disaffiliate from the UMC.

Show Notes:

Moving The Needle Article:

https://wesleyancovenant.org/2022/10/10/moving-the-needle/

Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference Website:

https://www.bwcumc.org

Legal Article:

https://peopleneedjesus.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/the-methodist-church-of-cape-st.-claire-et-al.-vs.-the-baltimore-washington-conference-of-the-united-methodist-church-et-al.pdf

Bishop Easterling's Response:

https://www.bwcumc.org/news-and-views/churches-sue-bwc-over-disaffiliation/

WCA Response:

https://wca-bwc.org

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