Bishop Fairley leads Fall Clergy Orders gathering. By Dan O’Mara.

More than 200 high school and middle school students gathered Nov. 15-17 for Immerse 2024, the annual discipleship retreat presented by South Carolina Ministries with Young People, a ministry of the South Carolina Conference. By Rev. Megan Gray.

Missioners headed to Mount Hebron United Methodist Church Nov. 16 to celebrate 20 years of the South Carolina United Methodist Volunteers in Mission’s Early Response Team.

The Judicial Council—the denomination’s top court—has ruled that Para. 2549 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline cannot be used for church disaffiliations. This ruling, Decision 1512, means the Local Church Closure and Separation Process, approved by the Trustees of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church, is no longer available as a means of separation from the denomination.

Almost a month after Hurricane Helene ravaged the region, South Carolina United Methodists are continuing to reach out in Christian love, repairing homes, donating money and supplies and doing their best to be God’s hands and feet to people in need. By Jessica Brodie.

A crowd of clergy and laity packed the fellowship hall of Mount Hebron United Methodist Church Sept. 25, all eager to learn more about how their church can be in ministry with people with dementia. By Jessica Brodie.

The countdown is on as South Carolina approaches the close of another conference budget year. By Jessica Brodie.

Church leaders across South Carolina headed to the Midlands Oct. 13 for a service designed to welcome Bishop Leonard Fairley to the Palmetto State and officially install him as the annual conference’s episcopal leader. By Jessica Brodie.

Eleven high schoolers and adults teamed up Oct. 6-11 for the first Fall Salkehatchie, successfully roofing a home in Johnsonville for a local family. By Jessica Brodie.

What does it look like to be a healthy church striving for wholeness? That’s the question church leaders asked as they gathered Oct. 3-5 for the Summit on the Black Church. By Jessica Brodie.

South Carolina UMVIM Early Response Team springs into action after storm. By Billy Robinson.

In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, a group of United Methodist churches from South Carolina quickly organized to bring much-needed supplies to Marion, North Carolina, in McDowell County.