We are 90 congregations throughout Marion, Horry, Georgetown, Dillon and Marlboro counties – in the Pee Dee and Grand Strand regions of South Carolina – with a mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

Marion District Lay Servant School | April 23 & 30

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UMCSC leaders preparing for lower apportionment giving

South Carolina Conference finance leaders are engaged in the annual process of assessing the budget needs of the Annual Conference for 2024 and beyond. In recent years, members of the Conference Council on Finance and Administration have committed to reducing the...

AC2023 set to return in person after three years apart

The 2023 South Carolina Annual Conference will meet in person for the first time since 2019, after which the COVID-19 pandemic made such large gatherings unsafe. All lay and clergy members must register online by May 21. Some 2,000 lay and clergy members from across...

Bishop Holston on Local Church Discernment Process

Bishop Holston appoints new Marion District superintendent

Bishop L. Jonathan Holston, resident bishop of the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church, has appointed the Rev. Steven Lee Brown as superintendent of the Marion District. Rev. Brown, senior pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church in Greenwood...

Revolution 2023: “Amazing picture of the UMC in action”

More than 1,000 youth made the Township Auditorium in Columbia “GLOW” January 27-29 for Revolution 2023 – the first full-weekend gathering of teen disciples since before the COVID-19 pandemic made such large gatherings unsafe. Inspired by the Revolution 2023 theme –...