South Carolina is getting a new episcopal leader: Bishop Leonard Fairley. That was the biggest news of Day 2 of The United Methodist Church’s 2024 Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, a three-day gathering held to do the business of the denomination in this region. Read the Day 2 wrap-up, by Jessica Brodie.
South Carolina United Methodists are among the more than 400 delegates gathered this week for The United Methodist Church’s Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference, a three-day gathering held to do the business of the denomination in this region. Here's what happened today.
From ordination and a reduced budget to separation of 112 churches, Annual Conference tackles hard work of UMC in South Carolina. By Jessica Brodie.
Bishop Frank L. Beard preaches service celebrating new clergy, retirees. By Jessica Brodie.
Churches that owe back debt in direct billing charges are getting their year of jubilee. By Jessica Brodie.
Annual Conference passed two motions on the final day of its gathering regarding funds from separating churches. By Jessica Brodie.
The total amount received from the churches that departed the UMCSC in 2023 is a little more than $17.5 million. Here's where it went.
One request had the potential to halt separations under Para. 2549. By Jessica Brodie.
Speaking wisdom and love into what she called “a tender time in the lives of these families and friends,” Dr. Sandra Stevens Poirel brought a heartfelt message for a Service of Thanksgiving and Memory. By Jessica Brodie.
Annual Conference Monday voted in several new changes to the Standing Rules that govern the way the conference handles business. By Jessica Brodie.
South Carolina has a new slate of conference officers for the quadrennium. By Jessica Brodie.
In one of its last actions, the South Carolina Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church approved the closing of ten churches. By Allison Trussell.