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Jeremiah Teams making strides toward thriving future

Mar 21, 2025 | Bishop Fairley, Charleston District, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

The four Jeremiah Teams commissioned by Bishop Leonard Fairley to help envision a thriving future for local churches and other ministries in the South Carolina Conference, are making progress toward bringing formal recommendations to the 2025 Annual Conference when it...

Helene Response: Responding in Action and Love

Oct 7, 2024 | Anderson District, Charleston District, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

Due to the effects of Hurricane Helene and the great loss it has brought to many in our state and others, we want to help make a difference. This is a great opportunity for local churches and individuals to respond in action and love. Let us join together as the Body...

Safe Sanctuaries Best Practices training opportunities

Apr 10, 2023 | Columbia District, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

In an effort to enable local churches to better understand and live out their Safe Sanctuaries policies, a series of training sessions is planned across the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church in coming weeks. Each district will host “Safe...

UMCSC leaders preparing for lower apportionment giving

Mar 15, 2023 | 2023 Annual Conference, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

South Carolina Conference finance leaders are engaged in the annual process of assessing the budget needs of the Annual Conference for 2024 and beyond. In recent years, members of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration have committed to reducing the...

AC2023 set to return in person after three years apart

Mar 14, 2023 | 2023 Annual Conference, Columbia District, Conference Updates, Florence District, Front Page, Greenville District, Greenwood District, Hartsville District, Marion District, Orangeburg District, Rock Hill District, Spartanburg District, Walterboro District

The 2023 South Carolina Annual Conference will meet in person for the first time since 2019, after which the COVID-19 pandemic made such large gatherings unsafe. All lay and clergy members must register online by May 21. Some 2,000 lay and clergy members from across...