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Dear Friends, By now, most of us have received the news that on March 16, 2021, a horrific act of racism was inflicted on our Asian siblings in the Atlanta area when a suspect shot and killed 8 people in three different locations.  This crime is just another...

How can we be more effective in ministry when many people aren’t even coming into the building? Once we’re back in person, do we just forget the online piece?  “Becoming a Hybrid Church” by Dave Daubert and Richard E. T. Jorgensen Jr. was written for leaders in...

Dear South Carolina Leaders, We recognize that across the South Carolina Synod our congregations have experimented with and participated in a variety of worship gathering practices throughout this pandemic that have been highly contextual. Our main concern and...

Dear friends in Christ, Grace and peace to you during this season of Lent. It is a time when we, as Christians, reflect on our life together in Christ and the ways in which our identity in Christ is reflected in the world. Being able to articulate that identity can...

Join The Rev. Kathy Schibler, Regional Representative of Portico Benefit Services, on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. for a webinar sharing about the mental health resources for rostered ministers from Portico Benefit Services. For over 200 years, the Lutheran...

The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church has a long standing companion relationship with the South Carolina Synod who sent early missionaries to help form the Lutheran Church in Japan. As part of our relationship many of you may remember Pastor Naoki Asano who came to...