Mar 15, 2019 | 2019 General Conference, Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Front Page, GC2019
Bishop Holston Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, released this statement regarding allegations of improper voting at the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference: My friends, we are often...
Mar 12, 2019 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Front Page, GC2019, Upcoming Events
Rev. Rendle Rev. Dr. Gil Rendle, who worked as a consultant for the UMC’s Commission on a Way Forward – will be the keynote speaker of Bishop L. Jonathan Holston’s 2019 Leadership Conference – “What Next? Purposeful Mission in Uncertain Times.”...
Mar 6, 2019 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Connectional Ministries, Front Page, Upcoming Events
Registration is open for the 2019 Carolinas Black Clergy Leadership Retreat – “Navigating the Changing Landscape: A Fearless Dialogue” – set for May 20-24 at Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach. The retreat is an opportunity to get away to a quiet place to be renewed,...
Mar 3, 2019 | Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Front Page, Greenville District, Local Churches
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, has appointed the Rev. James Dickerson Dennis Jr. as superintendent of the Greenville District. Rev. Dennis Rev. Dennis, senior pastor of Grace United...
Feb 27, 2019 | 2019 General Conference, Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Front Page, GC2019
Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, released this statement following the UMC’s 2019 General Conference: “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.Make every...
Feb 27, 2019 | 2019 General Conference, Bishop Holston, Conference Updates, Front Page, GC2019
Passage Tuesday of an amended Traditional Plan – along with a first-ever “exit plan” for churches unhappy with the now stricter church doctrine on homosexuality – left many delegates saddened, hurt and concerned for the future of a clearly divided United...
