The South Carolina Conference is an
annual conference
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(regional
episcopal
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*Of or relating to a bishop, an overseer in the Christian church
*Episcopate, the see of a bishop – a diocese
*Episcopal Church (disambiguation), any church with "Episcopal" in its name
** Episcopal Church (United State ...
area, similar to a
diocese) of the
United Methodist Church.
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. It is part of the
Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference.
The South Carolina Conference provides funding to four institutions of higher learning:
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Spartanburg Methodist Collegebr>
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Spartanburg, South Carolina
*
Claflin Universitybr>
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Orangeburg, South Carolina
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Columbia Collegebr>
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Columbia, South Carolina
*
Wofford Collegebr>
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Spartanburg, South Carolina
The SC Annual Conference is further subdivided into 12 smaller regions, called "districts," which provide further administrative functions for the operation of local churches in cooperation with each other. This structure is vital to
Methodism, and is referred to as
connectionalism
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. The Districts that comprise the South Carolina Conference are:
*Anderson
*Charleston
*Columbia
*Florence
*Greenville
*Greenwood
*Hartsville
*Marion
*Orangeburg
*Rock Hill
*Spartanburg
*Walterboro
References
External links
South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church*
South Carolina United Methodist Advocate', conference newspaper
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Methodism in South Carolina
South Carolina
South
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Etymology
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