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United Methodist churches across South Carolina have opened their doors and their hearts to feed the hungry. At least 27 United Methodist congregations work with the state’s regional food bank...

Led by the S.C. Christian Action Council’s Executive Director and the Rev. Wiley Cooper, the group is putting the final touches on a theological statement that is based on the UM Book of Discipl...

ORANGEBURG – Handsome new buildings weave through green spaces and join hands with century-old structures still in use. Claflin University looks prosperous even with hard times standing outside ...

LADY’S ISLAND – Every sermon, every Sunday morning has to be perfect, the best you can give. This is primary when starting a new church where people have been unchurched. Unlike those who ...

OPINION - A number of news releases, citing United Methodist and other local churches and written by a Tennessee public relations agency, have come to the Advocate in the past few months promoting Dav...

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – If you weren’t scared, you weren’t listening when John Hill spoke at the Caring for Creation conference March 6. Laying out facts about the demise of air and ...

S.C. United Methodist Women met to learn about opportunities for the embrace of justice and mercy, according to S.C. Conference UMW Social Action Coordinator Rebecca Rochester, a member of Antioch UM...

  The S.C. Senate Banking and Insurance subcommittee has adopted an amendment imposing stronger regulations on payday lending. Now limiting the predatory lenders must face the full Senate committ...

ORANGEBURG – Talking about terrorism setting the tone for the past decade, fear constricts human vitality, said Dr. Lee Butler at the Friday morning session of the 18th year of the Granville Hi...

His beginning, however, was not so auspicious. He was sent to Hell Hole Swamp; more properly said, his appointment was to Jamestown.