This fall, celebrate your pastor and your music director, choir or praise band with an appreciation ad in the Advocate.

Nearly two months after Annual Conference voted to allow 113 churches to separate from the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church, questions abound: Which pastors left? How much did the conference receive in funds? And what’s next? By Jessica Brodie.

Trinity UMC in Orangeburg gets a $750K civil rights grant to restore historic sanctuary. By Jessica Brodie.

One Salkehatchie camp teamed up with a neighborhood improvement program in Lancaster to help residents get much-needed home renovations, all in the name of Jesus. By Jessica Brodie.

On the final day of Annual Conference, as South Carolina United Methodists were gearing up for a new year in the life of the church, Stephanie Ponds Henry was waking up in a hospital bed, thanking God for a new lease on life. By Jessica Brodie.

One South Carolina clergy couple—the Revs. Weston Pendergrass and Chrisie Reeves-Pendergrass—is taking a tremendous leap of faith, selling all their possessions to become missionaries for Jesus 5,000 miles away. By Jessica Brodie.

Wynston Doe isn’t able to count his blessings—for him, there have been far too many. But even in the hardest of times, his father imprisoned and killed and his neighbors dying all around him, “Through it all, I learned to trust in Jesus.” By Jessica Brodie.

A new effort to reach out to unchurched people in the Hartsville area is getting a much-needed grant from the Foundation for Evangelism. By Jessica Brodie

Churches and their members who disaffiliate from the UMC will be able to remain part of the annual conference’s credit union if they affiliate with another Methodist or Wesleyan organization.

In South Carolina, there are three United Methodist camps for youth to attend: Asbury Hills, Camp Providence and Sea Islands. By Lillian Williams

Through social media and Zoom, Cumberland UMC discovered new ways to reach its community.

Every year, the South Carolina Conference presents awards for a number of honors: the Bishop’s Five Star Award, the Denman Evangelism Award, the Barbara Boultinghouse Bridge Builder award, the Michael C. Watson Volunteer in Mission Award and the Joseph Benjamin Bethea Distinguished Service Award.