The Advocate is creating a new position to help grow the newspaper's communications reach: a marketing coordinator.

The Committee on the Episcopacy of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church is recommending a reduction in the number of episcopal areas within the jurisdiction to 10 from the current 13.

The South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church closed its books for 2023 with 88.8 percent of apportionments paid—only a slight dip from last year’s performance at 89.2 percent. By Jessica Brodie.

A swath of severe storms and tornados Jan. 9 prompted much-needed help from South Carolina’s United Methodist Volunteers in Mission Early Response Team. By Billy Robinson.

United Methodist-founded home in Orangeburg helps women rehabilitate and reunify back into society after incarceration. By Jessica Brodie.

A United Methodist church in South Carolina’s Upstate, Mount Zion UMC, is doing its part this Lent to abolish $1 million in medical debt in Pickens, Oconee and Greenville counties. By Jessica Brodie.

An opportunity called The Shepherd’s Fund is helping retired or disabled pastors, their spouses, or widows with a limited income and who have health issues for which they can’t afford treatment—or the financial impact it may have on their ability to provide for themselves. By Jessica Brodie.

South Carolina’s first and only civil rights museum is getting a new home, one that will enable it to triple and possibly quadruple its size and, potentially, its collection. By Jessica Brodie.

The 2024 Men N Ministry spiritual retreat will offer not only a new location but powerful speaking, golf and an opportunity for a new style of men’s fellowship, Cigars and Scriptures.

A new book from the Advocate Press is coming in time for Black History Month.

People across the state will have the chance to participate in three Salkehatchie Summer Service regional gatherings this month.

The Methodist Student Network (Wesley Foundation) from the University of South Carolina traveled to McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, in early January.