Some United Methodist churches in South Carolina are contemplating separating from the denomination this month after conference leaders announced a Local Church Discernment Process. By Jessica Brodie.

With its treasurer calling it a demonstration of “great faith” in a year filled with uncertainty, the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church closed its books with 89.22 percent of apportionments paid. By Jessica Brodie.

At Manning Correctional Institution, a thriving music ministry is rapidly growing under the care and direction of two brothers in Christ, Chaplain Charles Echols and inmate Alonzo Jeter. By Jessica Brodie.

I am convinced the connection will remain strong regardless of the words “United Methodist” because our connection is rooted in Christ. Whatever those churches discerning disaffiliation decide, we’re all still part of the same Christian family. By Jessica Brodie.

Through Christ, we can do and be so much more than what the world would lead us to believe. A column by Bishop L. Jonathan Holston.

No matter what we choose, what church denomination we worship in, whether we call ourselves “United Methodist” or “Global Methodist” or “Baptist” or “Presbyterian,” at the end of the day, we have a far more important title: Child of God. And we have a far bigger responsibility that needs to be claiming our attention: going beyond ourselves to either tell people about Jesus or do good things in Jesus’s name. By Jessica Brodie.