Two years in, the ministry experiment is thriving, its leaders and members invigorated with the plethora of creative ways to reach and love others in the name of Jesus Christ. By Jessica Brodie.
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.
How can you, as a man following Jesus, remain fulfilled in Christ? That’s the topic of this year’s men’s spiritual retreat, hosted by the Men N Ministry of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church and featuring speaker Dr. Derwin L. Gray.
It’s time to nominate outstanding clergy and laity in the conference for awards to be presented at the 2023 South Carolina Annual Conference. Nominations are due April 3.
Churches contributed more than 1,000 Christmas lunches for incarcerated men at Lee Correctional Institution.
The Prayer and Health and Welfare ministries at Friendship-Nesmith UMC came together to promote a healthy lifestyle both physically and spiritually by walking around the church seven times symbolizing the “Jericho Walk,” an intentional God-led prayer walk in honor of the Israelites’ walk in Joshua 6:15.
As an ongoing outreach project, Ebenezer United Methodist Church on Bounty Acres Road shares food, smiles, Bible verses and tracts with others in the community.
Cumberland United Methodist Men build relationships and ramps in their community.
As rumors and heated debate continue to circulate about denominational affiliation, the director of one critical regional ministry agency has spoken out, urging people to remember that God brings people of all opinions together for the good of his kingdom.
To ensure congregations are equipped to make decisions that enable them to best live into their disciple-making mission, South Carolina Conference leaders have adopted a process through which a local church can discern whether it will continue in ministry within The United Methodist Church or separate from the denomination. The process, called the Local Church Discernment Process, was released Dec. 19 just as the Advocate went to press.