Jun 11, 2018 | 2018 Annual Conference, Communications
GREENVILLE – Delegates to the 2018 South Carolina Annual Conference voted June 6 to support three resolutions calling for equal rights for LGBT lay church employees and volunteers; calling for the best possible care for every child in state care; and designating Old...
Jun 11, 2018 | 2018 Annual Conference, Bishop Holston, Communications
GREENVILLE – Thirty-seven retiring pastors accepted the gratitude of Bishop L. Jonathan Holston and delegates to the 2018 South Carolina Annual Conference on June 5 at the TD Convention Center in Greenville. “Never think lightly of the great good that God has...
Jun 8, 2018 | Bishop Holston, Communications
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, issued this statement in response to the June 7, 2018, Faith Leaders’ Statement on Family Separation: “He called a child, whom he put among them, and...
Jun 6, 2018 | 2018 Annual Conference, Bishop Holston, Communications, Youth
It took 584 South Carolina United Methodists, about 90 minutes – and one hula hoop. Delegates to the 2018 Annual Conference joined youth volunteers from around the state in a line that snaked back and forth nine times across a huge exhibit hall at the TD Convention...
Jun 5, 2018 | 2018 Annual Conference, Communications, Connectional Ministries, Front Page
The 2018Â Annual Conference Awards Breakfast served as a celebration of all that God is doing through the work of South Carolina United Methodists and the local churches that they represent. Dominic Brown, chief meteorologist for WIS-TV in Columbia, introduced each of...
Jun 4, 2018 | 2018 Annual Conference, Bishop Holston, Communications, Connectional Ministries, Front Page
AC 2018 | Monday, June 4, 2018 Updated throughout the conference day Service of Ordination of Elders, Commissioning of Provisional Members, Recognition of Orders The Right Rev. Mildred B. Hines made history Monday evening as the first bishop of another Pan-Methodist...