United Methodist Advocate - Connecting Methodists in South Carolina Since 1837

Work has begun on a new district-level structure for Connectional Ministries designed to better equip local churches and increase connectionalism conference-wide.Approved at Annual Conference, the n...

When Meagan Rogers was 14 years old, she lost her mother to ovarian cancer. In that moment, her world was forever changed. The solid foundation that had been her life began to crumble; her father ha...

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – With a theme of “It Only Takes a Spark,” workshop and worship were chock-full of ideas for lay leaders to bring back to local churches.

FLORENCE – What’s the number one most boring place in the world for American youth? Church, a survey says. Number two? A funeral home. That’s no way to keep youth active and engage...

FLORENCE – People tend to join congregations more than denominations these days, and, as people move more, it becomes harder to bring them into the church. But the Rev. Jim Winkler, general se...

FLORENCE – “Are We Yet Alive,” the traditional hymn to open Annual Conference, reassured more than 1,800 clergy, lay delegates, alternate delegates, spouses and guests they were in...

“I sit here in my chair and wait.” That was scratched on top of an application of home repairs made to the United Methodist Relief Center. That got the attention of Director Pat Goss. Wh...

St. Paul United Methodist Church, Florence, sent its 9th mission  team to the Red Bird Mission in Beverly, Ky., in late April. Forty-two people were on the mission trip, including people from H...

CHARLESTON – What is generally called “contemporary music” heard at Bethel United Methodist? No way. The church, first dedicated in its present location in 1798, capitalizes on it...

How would you like to be a youth minister, a job that, if you stand still and be quiet for more than three seconds, you’ve lost your constituency’s attention; where all parties want you ...