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In 2007, 23 of the denomination’s 63 U.S. conferences contributed to the church’s global outreach funds at the 100 percent or above level of their apportioned amount; this is an increase from 17 conferences in 2006.

The Baltimore-Washington Conference is one of these conferences, as it has been for more than a decade.

Support of the general funds exceeded $130 million for 2007, a net increase of about $4.1 million in total dollars over the previous year.

Of the total apportioned funds, 89.62 percent was received in 2007, a more than one percentage point increase over the prior year.

“When you hear the stories of individual lives and communities being transformed, you know that the heart of United Methodism is alive and at work,” said Bishop Mary Ann Swenson, president of the General Council on Finance and Admin-istration. “Knowing the diversity of economic conditions across the country, this level of giving is a remarkable demonstration of the faithfulness of the people called Methodist.”

These funds, which amount to less than 2 percent of the expenditures of local churches, are used to support a broad spectrum of global ministries.

A listing of Baltimore-Washington Conference churches and their apportionment payments for 2007 will be published in the March 5 issue of the UMConnection.