Upstate pastors gather to learn new ways the church can help victims and stop domestic violence as the UMC's Susan Burton shares ways to offer a faithful response to this crime against humanity. By Jessica Brodie.

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Africa University golf tournament, South Carolina achieved its goal of paying 100 percent of its apportionments last year to help the United Methodist university. By Jessica Brodie.

One S.C. United Methodist church has a hands-on, interactive room that has been bringing Bible stories to life for children, and God gets all the credit for the idea. By Jessica Brodie.

First United Methodist Church, Easley, successfully confronted a dilemma of bringing together at one common worship setting two congregations that had grown within its membership at its non-traditional service and the traditional worship hour. By Alice Vander Linden, David Cantrell and Chris Weston.

By Jessica Brodie. United Methodist pastors and leaders are gearing up for an anti-drug, anti-bullying, higher education program this month designed to bring about stronger unity in the community.

A pastor, his son and his congregation are recovering after fire destroyed their church parsonage. By Jessica Brodie.

By Jessica Brodie. In two months, United Methodist laity and clergy will gather for an annual conference that is not only in a new city but also features a host of new offerings.

By Jessica Brodie. United Methodist pastors and lay employees have a big change on the horizon when it comes to health insurance, but conference leaders are hoping the change will bring more choice and more affordability overall.

By Jessica Brodie. A late-night fire destroyed more than a dozen rustic cabins at a historic religious campground March 10, many of them belonging to United Methodists. Investigators are still working to determine a cause of the blaze that claimed 15 cabins—known as “tents”—at Cattle Creek Campground, located in a rural stretch between Bowman and Branchville in the Orangeburg District.

By Jessica Brodie. Five constitutional amendments that came out of General Conference 2016 will go before the South Carolina Annual Conference in June for a vote.

By Jessica Brodie. A new citywide public art project is helping one United Methodist ministry, The Bethlehem Center Spartanburg, level the technology playing field.