South Carolina ERTs pitched in to help their Baptist counterparts tarp a severely damaged roof in Bamberg in July.

The Rock Hill District UMVIM Team traveled to Guabol, Panama, June 15-23 with the expectation of doing some concrete work on a new church build.

Members of St. Andrews Parish UMC, Charleston, recently returned from a three-week mission to Zambia July 7-27.

Lawrence Chapel UMC, Central, hosted a Back to School Bash for area children July 20. More than 200 children went home sporting new haircuts, new shoes and a bag of school supplies.

The South Carolina United Methodist Men’s Men N Ministry team is hard at work planning its 2025 Annual Conference.

Advocate to offer music ministry appreciation ads in November.

From a new bishop for South Carolina and revised episcopal assignments to passage of a $1.3M budget, here’s what happened at SEJ Conference. By Jessica Brodie.

If you’ve ever been tempted to think college students don’t care about Jesus, spend a few minutes at a Monday worship at The Citadel or a Wednesday movie night at Winthrop Wesley. Their campus ministers think you’ll come away surprised—and heartened. By Jessica Brodie.

Bishop Holston wraps SEJ with worship focusing on "What Matters Most." By Jessica Brodie.

Southeastern Jurisdiction embodies a paradox, but one that offers an opportunity for God’s church to live into a bold, vital, and hopeful future. That’s the word on the state of the church offered by Bishop Ken Carter, resident bishop of the Western North Carolina Conference, before a crowd of 400 delegates and guests at the 2024 SEJ Conference Wednesday morning.  By Jessica Brodie

Bishop Leonard Fairley has been assigned as South Carolina’s new episcopal leader, effective Sept. 1. Learn more about him, here.

Elected as a delegate to SEJ Conference in 2019, Murray flew from Paris to serve at the 2022 Jurisdictional Conference and returned this summer to serve at the 2024 conference. By Jessica Brodie.