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If your pastor’s sermon was full of fire Nov. 8, maybe it was because she or he had heard the Rev. Vance Ross preach at the Orders meeting a couple of days before. Preaching the Word is the most...

Referring to John Wesley’s ideal of spreading Scriptural holiness throughout the world, retired Bishop Woodie White said, “I hope there will be the continuing ministry of one Eben Taylor w...

Three bishops, including the president of the Council of Bishops, came to Columbia to speak to 300 people – the majority of them the poor Jesus and John Wesley would have spoken to. Why? It is t...

A Pastoral Letter from the Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church  God’s creation is in crisis. We, the Bishops of The United Methodist Church, cannot  remain silent while G...

That experience includes seeing friends, sitting with family enjoying gentle chatter, or gathering around the supper table; observing children tossing balls, gaggles of girls running to surround a ju...

A candle goes out when it is snuffed because it lacks oxygen. In like manner, prayer is the oxygen for the soul, said the Rev. Dr. Tom Albin, dean of the Upper Room Chapel in Nashville, TN.Dr. Albin w...

JOHNS ISLAND – Pews, chairs, doors, and hallways quickly filled at St. John’s United Methodist Church on Johns Island as four African- and three Anglo-American congregations gathered Aug. ...

A quiet, contemporary church with the feel of a small abbey set on a rural hill is bringing together divided spirits of the past and molding them into a deep bond of love. There was a tight embrace wh...

The subject was health care reform and the TV camera was rolling as a S.C. man said he had health insurance and he shouldn’t have to pay for other people’s. “It’s not my proble...

Since promising to write about some of the experiences that have come out of my involvement with Volunteers-In-Mission, I have decided that there is only one place to start -- at the beginning. The r...