
Sowing seeds: Annual Conference 2025
AC2025 brings passage of $10.3M budget, called special session, voting on constitutional amendments. By Jessica Brodie.
AC2025 brings passage of $10.3M budget, called special session, voting on constitutional amendments. By Jessica Brodie.
South Carolina United Methodists joined conferences around the world in voting on four amendments to the denomination’s constitution. By Jessica Brodie.
The body approved five resolutions at Annual Conference, four with little fanfare and one twice-amended that took an hour and forty minutes to debate. By Jessica Brodie.
On the final day of the 2025 Annual Conference, the body took steps to heal with A Service of Lament to Hope led by Bishop Leonard Fairley. The service honored the pain experienced by many over division and grief in separation. By Jessica Brodie.
One year after 112 churches left the South Carolina Conference, United Methodists got to hear where their separation fees will be dispersed. By Jessica Brodie.
Bishop Leonard Fairley preached a Commissioning, Ordination and Retirement Recognition Service that celebrated 15 people called into ministry by the Lord and honored 32 who are retiring after many years of service. By Jessica Brodie.
Lifting up the valiant, Christ-led example they offered, the Rev. William F. Malambri preached a memorial service at Annual Conference Tuesday celebrating the lives of 52 clergy and spouses who died over the past conference year. By Jessica Brodie.
Eleven youth represented their churches during Annual Conference 2025 as a newly created Youth Delegation. By Allison Trussell.
Annual Conference passed a motion to go on record expressing concern about the federal government making deep cuts to needed federal jobs, health care, education, nonprofits and more. By Jessica Brodie.
In a moment of solemnity, the South Carolina Annual Conference remembered the ministries of six United Methodist churches who have closed since the last Annual Conference. By Allison Trussell.
Annual Conference attendees received daily encouragement through the Prayer and Praise Services led by three different clergy members. By Allison Trussell.
Conference Chancellor Kay Crowe offered the Report of the Chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, updating the body on her work for the annual conference. By Jessica Brodie.