West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod
- West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod
The West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod (8H) is a synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The synod consists of all ELCA congregations in West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. In addition, there are two churches from Washington County, Maryland, one church from Allegany County, Maryland, and one church from Frederick County, Virginia. The synod is headed by a bishop, currently Ralph W. Dunkin.
The synod is composed of 65 congregations with almost 16,000 baptized members.[cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.wv-wmd.org/html/about_us.html|publisher = West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod|accessdate=2007-02-13 ] ]Bishops
#The Most Rev Dr. L. Alexander Black (1988 – 1997)
#The Most Rev. Dr. Ralph W. Dunkin (1997 – present)
Conferences
The West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod is divided into four conferences, each headed by a dean appointed by the bishop.[cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.wv-wmd.org/html/about_us.html|publisher = West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod|accessdate=2007-02-13 ] ]
* Upper Ohio Valley Conference (UOVC)
* Monongahela Valley - Mountain Conference (MVMC)
* Ohio-Kanawha Valley Conference (OKVC)
* Potomac Conference (PC)Camps
The West Virginia - Western Maryland Synod assists three camps:
* Camp Luther -- located at Camp Caesar in Cowen, West Virginia [http://www.camplutherwv.com]
* Caroline Furnace Lutheran Camp & Retreat Center -- in Fort Valley, Virginia [http://www.carolinefurnace.org]
* Camp Melancthon --located at New Germany State Park in Grantsville, Maryland [http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~ptb00529/campmel/]
ee also
*List of ELCA synods
References
External links
* [http://www.wv-wmd.org/ Synod website]
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