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The South Carolina Conference is an annual conference (regional episcopal area, similar to a diocese) of the United Methodist Church. [1] This conference serves the state of South Carolina with its administrative offices and the office of the bishop (currently L. Jonathan Holston) being in Columbia, South Carolina.
The church was formed in 1940 by conservative members of the former Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which in 1939 had reunited with the Methodist Episcopal Church to form the Methodist Church. In 2017, the Southern Methodist Church had approximately 85 churches and 3,200 members. Over 50% of the churches (47) are located in South Carolina.
Thomas Coke, twice President of the Conference in 1797 and 1805, was the first Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Joseph Benson was elected President twice, in 1798 and 1810. A list of Wesley's early successors was produced by the Wesleyan Methodist Church, listing all Presidents up to 1890. [8]
More than 100 South Carolina churches will separate from one of the state’s largest denominations. At its statewide conference in Florence on Tuesday, the United Methodist Church approved the ...
Spartanburg Methodist College. / 34.95361°N 81.97111°W / 34.95361; -81.97111. Spartanburg Methodist College ( SMC) is a private college in Saxon, South Carolina, United States. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and enrolled 1,037 students during the 2023–2024 academic year.
United Methodist Church administrative staff members Caitlin Congdon, left, Sandeep Kuntam, and Sharah Dass at the Upper Room Chapel Wednesday, April 3, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
An annual conference is a regional decision-making body within various Methodist denominations. Conferences are a key characteristic of the connexional (connectional) system of government in Methodism. Annual conferences are composed primarily of the clergy members and a lay member or members from each charge (a charge is one or more churches ...
Originally church officials expected that a $604 million quadrennial budget would be approved at the General Conference. But now the proposal is reduced to $346.7 million, or a 43 percent cut ...