Disaffiliated Churches and Withdrawn Clergy

In 2023, following the procedures outlined in the former Para. 2553 of the Book of Discipline, 23 churches from the Baltimore-Washington Conference disaffiliated from The United Methodist Church.

The disaffiliated churches include:

 In 2022

  • Mountain View UMC in Damascus
  • James UMC in Jarrettsville

In 2023

  • Alpine UMC in Berkeley Springs
  • Brandenburg UMC in Sykesville
  • Butlers Chapel UMC in Martinsburg
  • Cedar Grove-Oakland UMC in Deale
  • Community with a Cause UMC in California
  • Davis Memorial UMC in Cumberland
  • Ebenezer UMC in Ijamsville
  • Fairview UMC in Timonium
  • Greenwood UMC in Berkeley Springs
  • Highland UMC in Berkeley Springs
  • Mizo UMC in Rockville
  • Mount Oak UMC in Mitchellville
  • Mount Pleasant UMC in Berkeley Springs
  • Mount Zion UMC in Bel Air
  • Mount Zion UMC in Great Cacapon
  • Murleys Branch UMC in Flintstone
  • New Covenant UMC in Cumberland
  • Oakdale Emory UMC in Olney
  • Oakland UMC in Charles Town
  • Parkhead UMC in Big Pool
  • Prosperity UMC in Flintstone
  • Salem UMC in Myersville
  • Union UMC in Bel Air
Laity:

If your church disaffiliated from the denomination, the BWC has established 20 Lighthouse churches, dedicated to welcoming those United Methodists seeking a new church home. Find a Lighthouse church in your area.

Pastors who have withdrawn from The United Methodist Church

Pastors of the Baltimore-Washington Conference are bound together in a covenant relationship for accountability and support.

Those ordained clergy (active and retired) in the Baltimore-Washington Conference who have withdrawn from The United Methodist Church include:

  • Robert Barnes
  • Sandy Burchell
  • Debbie Burgio
  • Janet Deitiker Tracy
  • Sarah Dorrance
  • David Graves
  • Katie Grover
  • William Jones
  • Janice Leith
  • Sandi Phillips
  • Monica Raines
  • Matthew Sichel
  • Adam Snell
  • Faith Wilkerson

 Those licensed local pastors from the Baltimore-Washington who have withdrawn from The United Methodist Church include:

  •  Patricia Bittner
  • Anthony Forman
  • Don Geller
  • Robert Pierson
  • Bill Rowley
  • Stephen Smith