Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church
Hilary Ann Golden currently serves as the Ministerial Services Coordinator for the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church since July 2021. Prior to this role, Hilary was the Director of Communications at Community United Methodist Church from May 2015 to July 2021 and served as Assistant Pastor at Quakertown United Methodist Church between May 2013 and May 2015. Earlier, Hilary was a Student Leadership Facilitator at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology from July 2010 to July 2012, focusing on Christian spiritual formation and community engagement with the liturgical calendar. Hilary holds a Master's of Divinity from The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology (2008-2012) and a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry and Cross-Cultural Studies from Messiah University (2002-2006), and is currently pursuing a Cybersecurity Bootcamp at the University of Maryland Global Campus, expected to complete in May 2024.
Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church
Under the leadership of Bishop LaTrelle Easterling and Lay Leader Delores Martin, the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church is made up of 1,024 clergy and 177,031 members in 642 churches in Maryland, Washington, D.C., the panhandle of West Virginia and Bermuda. As a connectional church, the Baltimore-Washington Conference joins in ministry with churches around the world in 68 other annual conferences that make up the denomination, which totals more than 12 million members. The mission of the conference is to call, equip, send and support spiritual leaders to make disciples for the transformation of the world. The conference staff of more than 50 people does its ministry at the BWC’s Mission Center in Fulton, Md., at a satellite office at 12 S. Walnut St. in Hagerstown, and at three camps near Annapolis, Harper’s Ferry and Berkeley Springs, W.Va.